A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

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

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

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

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.