Ability is poor men's wealth

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Past time is only eviil at a distance.