A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

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

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

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

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.