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

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

God made time, but man made haste.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

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

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.