Once we become interested in the progress of the plants in our care, their development becomes a part of the rhythm of our own lives and we are refreshed by it.

One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards.

The sense of smell can be extraordinarily evocative, bringing back pictures as sharp as photographs of scenes that had left the conscious mind.

Scents bring memories, and many memories bring nostalgic pleasure. We would be wise to plan for this when we plant a garden.

Today I am sure no one needs to be told that the more birds a yard can support, the fewer insects there will be to trouble the gardener the following year.

Anyone starting to garden... would be wise to look around carefully and see what grows well in other people's yards.

I'm no good at cooking or music, but I've always known how to garden. Nobody ever taught me; I just absorbed it. Some families are churchgoers or sports fans. We gardened.

collecting secrets was and is crucial to solving foreign policy puzzles.

God design of you is divine act.

And I realized that there's a big difference between deciding to leave and knowing where to go.

To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan... believe... act!

Society is our extended mind and body.

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.

Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God.

When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays - dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement