The greatest prayer is patience.

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

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Use softwords and hard arguments.