Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Stability is not immobility

What is well done is done soon enough.

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

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

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

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.