It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

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

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.