Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

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

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.