"I don't look too far ahead."

-- Xander Berkeley

“Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are unalterable- disinterested love of truth, fidelity to facts, accuracy in measurement, exactness of verification-so, in life as a whole, the towering ethical criteria remain unshaken. Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.”
“To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.”
“In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.”
“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.”

Source : Thalassa Cruso (1990). “The Gardening Year”, Lyons Press
“You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
“No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.”
“It's going to be a bummer if Mars turns out to be like us.”
“Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.”

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