Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

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

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

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.