My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

Gardening is the greatest tonic and therapy a human being can have. Even if you have only a tiny piece of earth, you can create something beautiful, which we all have a great need for. If we begin by respecting plants, it's inevitable we'll respect people.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

As a matter of fact, I rather feel like expressing myself now.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

And...I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers.

Is there anything more important than a child?