The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

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

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.