Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

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

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

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.