Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

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

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The property of power is to protect.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.