The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

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