There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.

Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

Tears are Summer showers to the soul.

We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.

Faded smiles oft linger in the face, While grief's first flakes fall silent on the heart!

Pale January lay In its cradle day by day Dead or living, hard to say.

Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.

Though my verse but roam the air And murmur in the trees, You may discern a purpose there, As in music of the bees.

He is dead already who doth not feel Life is worth living still.

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

Everyone is effed up, Dalton. At some point, you just have to find someone to share the baggage with.

It takes a society to raise a generation.

There is a sharp distinction between what is remembered, what is told and what is true.

Everybody is talking about the Law of Attraction. Nobody is talking about the Law of Action.

A lot of times I did lose yards on a run, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

If I can talk, I can sing.

What is love? Love to me is god.

A visual image is a simple thing, a picture that enters the eyes.

If you were a fully realized person-whatever the hell that would be-you wouldn't fool around writing books.