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

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid