Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.