Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

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

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.