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

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol