I long for the bulbs to arrive, for the early autumn chores are melancholy, but the planting of bulbs is the work of hope and is always thrilling.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Your real personality identity is not an option, it is the foundation for your happiness and health.

When it comes to education all obstacles must be removed. This must become a priority for humanity.

I am longing to show him my love, but not by doing what is wrong

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

I like to work hard and see the results of my hard work.

He carries well, to whom it waighes not. [He carries well, to whomit weighs not.]

The bottom line is we are trying to do what's right. We don't just say we believe in God - we have active relationships with God.

There is room enough indoors in New York City for the whole 1963 world's population to enter, with room enough inside for all hands to dance the twist in average nightclub proximity.

God loves us beyond comprehension, and we cannot diminish God's love for us.