In looking back we remember only the triumphant consummations of each season. Failures and frustrations are forgotten; garden-memories are as perfect as garden-hopes.

In a garden you can find, quiet thoughts that calm the mind.

While it is February one can taste the full joys of anticipation. Spring stands at the gate with her finger on the latch.

Life is like a field, where we must gather what we grow, weed or wheat... this is the law, we reap the crop we sow.

Every noble achievement is a dream before it is a reality just as the oak is an acorn before it is a tree.

It has been said that the only reason for leaving England is to give yourself the pleasure of coming back to it.

Happy is the person who can keep a quiet heart, in the chaos and tumult of this modern world.

....the ancient ritual of the earth; ploughing and planting, reaping and threshing. The fundamental business remains unaltered; it is only the methods and tools that science is changing.

Few would dispute with the rose her claim to be the queen of flowers, for where is her equal to be found? Is she not God’s masterpiece?

Success and failure, triumph and disaster. That is the rhythm of life in the garden.

in February there is everything to hope for and nothing to regret.

Whatever you want, work for it.

I bow to no beast.

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.

I've always got such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.

Always, in your career and personal life, be evolving with technology.

The first point of courtesy must always be truth.

Happiness and Virtue clasp hands and walk together.