"Neither a garden nor a gardener can be made in one year, nor in one generation even."

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Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”

Mabel Osgood Wright

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“The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.”
“When you use God as an excuse to hate people and you use God as an excuse to cut people down, first of all, I think it's insulting to God.”
“The difference between a poet and a philosopher is that the poet sees logically and describes basically the beauty whereas the philosopher defines the basics and shows the beauty of logics.”
“I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.”
“God often goes to the gutter to find the recipient for His grace. He lifts him out, washes him and transforms him - making him into a child of God fit for His kingdom. That is Godâ€™s grace.”
“A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.”
“We are better givers than getters, not because we are generous people, but because we are proud, arrogant people. The Christmas story-the one according to Luke, not Dickens-is not about how blessed it is to be givers but about how essential it is to see ourselves as receivers.”
“I was in the war. I know how to kill. I was over there. I know how to do it. I've done it before. It's no big deal. You just make an adjustment. You convince yourself it's all right. That's all. It's easy. You just slaughter them.”

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