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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Duringa negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leavepersonalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities moreobjectively.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.