The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

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

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Our distrust is very expensive.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

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.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant