A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.