The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

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

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.