The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

The greatest prayer is patience.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

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

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

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

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.