"In design, Mother Nature is our best teacher."

“Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word,”

Source : "Mstislav Rostropovich, 80, Dissident Maestro, Dies" by Allan Kozinn, www.nytimes.com. April 27, 2007.

“Can you imagine the impact on our own culture if American Christians began using their riches as if they belonged to God?”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Stearns from Feb 20, 2012

“We make a lot of mistakes for women, and we'll always do it again”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.”

“Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.”

Source : "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks". Jimma Times, July 30, 2010.

“I'd loved in so many bodies, but never one I loved like this. Never one that I craved in this way. Of course, this would be the one I'd have to give up. The irony made me laugh, and I concentrated on the feel of the air that popped in little bubbles from my chest and up through my throat. Laughter was like a fresh breeze - it cleaned its way through the body, making everything feel good. Did other species have such a simple healer? I couldn't remember one.”

“The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him”

“I think if we all gardened more, they and all of the other birds that fly in the air above and light in my garden below would be better off. I know that God values them no less than I do. So when I plant in spring I also hope to taste of God in fruit of summer sun and sight of feathered friends.”

Source : Vigen Guroian (2001). “Inheriting Paradise: Meditations on Gardening”, p.106, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing