The first duty of love is to listen.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

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

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.