The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

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

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.