gardening is something more than a pastime; it is a religion.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes the people we love make us hate some other people we love.

Issues arise not from expecting too much from people, but too little.

Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

The world is God’s salvation.

Avoid complexities. Make everything as simple as possible.

The Navy is the asylum for the perverse, the home of the unfortunate. Here the sons of adversity meet the children of calamity, and here the children of calamity meet the offspring of sin.

And I know I’m about to play second fiddle to another woman, as I should. But my love for you will never change, Maxon.

In our family we have always had, and still have, this understanding: the problem of each member of the family is everybody's problem.

...History shows that ... (people) can be deflected from their natural tendencies by artful propaganda, bogus crises, or other political trickery.