Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don't honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.
Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.
We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
If we know exactly where we're going, exactly how to get there, and exactly what we'll see along the way, we won't learn anything.
Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.
And this sensitivity will create new friendships for you - friendships with trees, with birds, with animals, with mountains, with rivers, with oceans, with stars. Life becomes richer as love grows.
As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.
Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
One new feature or fresh take can change everything.
Intelligence is a moral category.
You don't become what you want, you become what you believe
For we walk by faith, not by sight
