The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.