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

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall 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.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.