Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence.

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

Everyday gratitude sweetens what appears flavorless and brightens all that appears dim.

Some look at your strength and see an opportunity and some look at your weaknesses and see an opportunity .

Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.

Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you.

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave.

You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.

Ayurvedic medicine is ancient, and its resurgence is necessary because we do need the proper balance in our medical approach.

It would be so depressing to be a model and not get to say a word. There's no personality involved.

Permaculture gives us a toolkit for moving from a culture of fear and scarcity to one of love and abundance

We'll limit in all ways the work of religious faiths which are foreign to us.