My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

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

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.