A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.