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

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The greatest prayer is patience.