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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.