Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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

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.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

The comforter's head never aches.

A language is like living skin itself.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

My Strength is made perfect in weakness