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

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.