“Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.” IfsArtFlowerTheoryBearsPlantFruitPracticalsSoilLeaves And Flowers Book:On War Source: On War
“I think there is such a thing as a bad seed that comes to flower in certain people. The danger with that theory is that we begin to look for those "troublemakers" early on and try to weed them out. That's very dangerous, because it could work against kids who are just routine troublemakers.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksKidsCertainDangerousDangerFlowerTheorySeedsRoutineWeedTroublemakerBad Seed Author:James Hillman