Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

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

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.