It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

You can't unscramble an egg.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.