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

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

There is a slogan written in the entrance gate of all schools in JAPAN ."IF U CANNOT DO, NO OTHER HUMAN IN THE WORLD CAN DO IT".Believe in YOURSELF.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

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.

There is no knowledge that is not power.