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.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.