Sweet is pleasure after pain

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

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.