Where music thundered let the mind be still, Where the will triumphed let there be no will, What light revealed, now let the dark fulfill.

Absence becomes the greatest Presence.

The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's - other nations' - experiences simply do not help. They can be imaginatively learned from. But people do not act on other people's experiences.

Gardening gives one back a sense of proportion about everything - except itself.

The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.

all great people are humble because great people have great work and are humbled by the largeness of their dreams.

It takes a long time for words to become thought.