I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.