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.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

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 tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

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

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.