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

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Ittakes time to save time.

Genius is a long impatience.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.