Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

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

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.