Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

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

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.