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

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

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

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes