If your heart ....

If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?

Kahlil Gibran

Life is a maze...

Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turn before we have learned to walk.

Cyril Connolly

Birds... there is nothing...

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

Robert Lynd

The Raven Foundation

"The love of gardening...

The love of gardening is a seed once sewn that never dies.

Gertrude Jekyll

The Galloping Gardener

Make... the world more beautiful...

Make you the world a bit better or more beautiful because

you have lived in it.

Edward W. Bok

The optimist...

The optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a

pessimist sees only the red stoplight.

The truly wise person is colourblind.

Albert Schweitzer

The Galloping Gardener

The hardest thing to learn in life ...

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

David Russell

For man, autumn is a time of harvest....

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.

For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.

Edwin Teale

The Galloping Gardener

Reflection

In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.

Marcel Marceau

Adventure...

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even

close at hand. Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit.

Jacqueline Cochran

Tomorrow.....

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

The Galloping Gardener

Being at the right place ...

Being at the right place at the right time can only happen when

you keep moving towards the next opportunity.

Arthur Pine

The most precious gift...

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When

mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Dreams....

Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would

not incite us to have them.

John Updike

Restlessness...

Sometimes the cure for restlessness is rest.

Colleen Wainwright

The Galloping Gardener

To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.

Sallust

Ambition...

Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.

American Proverb

If I had to choose....

I realised that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds

than airplanes.

Charles Lindbergh

A life of peace....

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and

untroubled old age.

Cicero

The Galloping Gardener

Science is organised knowledge.....

Science is organised knowledge. Wisdom is organised life.

Immanuel Kant

Time...

You may delay, but time will not.

Benjamin Franklin

Energy is eternal delight.

William Blake

May I never miss a sunset...

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.

Sara June Parker

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but

if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Aristotle

Autumn...

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is in flower.

Albert Camus

The Galloping Gardener

Cats

Cats regard people as warm-blooded furniture.

Jacquelyn Mitchell

Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well.

Robert Heinlein

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of

our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Herbert Spencer