We have become a society where the artist is regarded as a self-indulgent superfluity, and the person who juggles stocks and shares is an essential part of the economy.

Love is to understand, at last, the suffering of another.

A cat likes to hear you calling him. He sits in a bush a yard from your shoes - and listens.

Medicines may be necessary. Flowers lift the heart. But your smile is the best restorative of all.

Bears need people. People need bears.

Riding turns 'I wish into 'I can'.

The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless.