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

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.