Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

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.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.