the bliss that comes from ignorance should seldom be encouraged for it is likely to do one out of a more satisfying bliss.

Only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself.

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet in a garden.

Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.

There is peace in the garden. Peace and results.

Why do people who like to get up early look with disdain on those who like to lie in bed late? And why do people who like to work feel superior to those who prefer to dream?

When we contemplate buying something, we usually ask the price of it, then decide whether or not it is worth that much to us. But when we expend time and energy, we often just go ahead and pay.

It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies, you are really getting some place.

The central paradox and challenge of marriage is that we have to make family out of someone we're not related to.

History is Storytelling.

Do not dwell on the past. Focus on the precious moments and gracious future.

To believe that we can have what we want is an act of trust – not only of others but also, ourselves.

Life has to go on...............

With enough coffee anything is possible

You will take his life but you can't take his memory out of us.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

Every woman is like a time-zone. She is a nocturnal fragment of your journey. She brings you unflaggingly closer to the next night.

All human beings have a great agency for being part of a team.

Some people can sometimes really invade your space and kind of never leave you alone.