The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

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

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di