Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.
Karel CapekOnly years of practice will teach you the mysteries and bold certainty of a real gardener, who treads at random, yet tramples on nothing.
Karel CapekAmong human beings, a cat is merely a cat; among cats, a cat is a prowling shadow in a jungle.
Karel CapekI find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He is a creature who digs himself into the earth and leaves the sight of what is on it to us gaping good-for-nothings. He lives buried in the ground. He builds his monument in a heap of compost. If he came into the Garden of Eden, he would sniff excitedly and say: "Good Lord, what humus!"
Karel Capek