Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

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.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

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,

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.