The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.