No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

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

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.