As a final incentive before giving up a

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

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