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

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

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

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.