The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

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

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.