Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

Where flowers bloom so does hope.

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.

Encourage & support your kids because "Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.

Almost every person, from childhood, has been touched by the untamed beauty of wildflowers.

My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.

The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

A little stress and adventure is good for you, if nothing else, just to prove you are alive.

Flowers in the city are like lipstick on a woman-it just makes you look better to have a little color.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.

Every living person and thing responds to beauty. We all thirst for it. We receive strength and renewal by seeing stirring and satisfying sites.

Truth must be told-and things must change! If words are not about real things and do not cause things to happen, what is the good of them?

The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.

I've never been what you'd call a great singer, but I loved to sing.

[Human beings] will begin to recover the moment we take art as seriously as physics, chemistry or money.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

Look out for your baby or your friend, of course. That is easy. The test of moral fiber is to stick up for those you relate to least, understand minimally, and do not think are that much like you.

I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction.

He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.

Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

Blessings be on this house," Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people's minds on what other things might be on this house.