Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

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

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Nogarden is without its weeds.