Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

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

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.