Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

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

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable