The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

If you can't love visible people, then how can u love invisible God. - Mother teresa

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits