... if I wanted to have a happy garden, I must ally myself with my soil; study and help it to the utmost, untiringly. .... Always, the soil must come first.

It is always exciting to open the door and go out into the garden for the first time on any day.

Nature with her wonders blinds and binds one still. There is no escape. I love her utterly through all time and times. All over the world towns to me are prison; green fields are home.

So many of our lessons are learned, it would seem, too late to use on Earth.

Personal perception of perfection is like that. You see what you want to see. After awhile you just see what you need to.

His eyebrows raised. "And you said demons didn't know love."Guido's laugh was harsh. "Ahh, but haven't you learned by now, bestia? Demons may not be able to lie, but we never tell the truth.

I was always a mean and lean athlete - not tall - not large.

What I've said before, only half in joke, is that everybody in Ireland is famous. Or, maybe better, say everybody is familiar.

There is a still center of the universe. Within that still center are all things, all achievements, all loses, everything and nothing exist there.

Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.

In order to solve this differential equation you look at it until a solution occurs to you.

Truth is the vital breath of Beauty; Beauty the outward form of Truth.

I always telling people to "not try this at home," because most of what we do on MythBusters is really dangerous. Consequently, we can't encourage people to try that stuff.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.