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.

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

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen