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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.