Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

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

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.