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

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

The first duty of love is to listen.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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