It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

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.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

If you can't love visible people, then how can u love invisible God. - Mother teresa

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

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.