Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,