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

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

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.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.