The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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...

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.