Renown and repose do not go together.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

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

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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