"We have not to fear anything, except fear itself."

“One of the most delightful things about gardening is the freemasonry it gives with other gardeners, and the interest and pleasure all gardeners get by visiting other people's gardens. We all have a lot to learn and in every new garden there is a chance of finding inspiration - new flowers, different arrangement or fresh treatment for old subjects. Even if it is a garden you know by heart there are twelve months in the year and every month means a different garden, and the discovery of things unexpected all the rest of the year.”

“Labour has converted to Europe because Europe has converted to socialism.”

“I think everyone is born creative but it can be suppressed by fear.”

“Down inside we have a longing for God-what Pascal called "the vacuum which God left behind.”

“To let God make us, instead of painfully trying to make ourselves; to follow the path that his love shows us, instead of through conceit or cowardice or mockery choosing another; to trust Him for our strength and fitness as the flowers do, simply giving ourselves back to Him in grateful service,—this is to keep the laws that give us the freedom of the city in which there is no longer any night of bewilderment or ignorance or uncertainty.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2008). “A Country Doctor”, p.238, Bantam Classics

“In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.”

“It would seem that in history it's never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.”

Source : Sybille Bedford (2017). “A Favourite of the Gods and A Compass Error”, p.143, New York Review of Books

“Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.”