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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

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.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.