A garden is one of the few expressions of man's nature that is altogether benign.

I have reached the stage now where luxury is not in fine possessions but in carefree possessions, and the greatest luxury of all would be the completely expendable.

Most of us are experts at solving other people's problems, but we generally solve them in terms of our own and the advice we give is seldom for other people but for ourselves.

Enthusiasm is a plant which grows variously in the varying soils of different natures.

leisure is an attitude of mind, not simply remission of work.

If you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.

It is always one of the tragedies of any relationship, even between people sensitive to each other's moods, that the moments of emotion so rarely coincide.

children are not undeveloped versions of adult people: they are a different race of beings: they are children.

The sorrows we imagine are more profound and inconsolable than real life leaves us time for.

The sorrows of children are profound and unsuspected.

We are perverse creatures and never satisfied.

Like herbs in a pestle, life steadily ground out the essence of those who did not have access to comforts.

Sometimes in order to be happy in the present moment you have to be willing to give up all hope for a better past.

Strangeness is an ingredient necessary in beauty.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

What I have proposed would cut regulations and streamline them for small businesses.

Learn everything you know in all keys.

It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.

Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us.

My love of books was all that saved me.

I am trying hard to better my performances every match.