“Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.”

“Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible.”

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!”

“Few things are more satisfying than seeing your children have teenagers of their own.”

“Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.”

“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

“By bringing a soulful consciousness to gardening sacred space can be created outdoors.”

“Regardless of geographical region or culture gardening is perhaps the most common and shared experience of Nature.”

“Were all given gifts in life, its what we do with them that shows us what weve learned.”

“The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.”

“Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on his knee has nothing to do wi' the man who crushed his enemy's throat ...”

“The world is vicious, too huge to care about even its own survival”

“From dead plant matter to nematodes to bacteria, never underestimate the cleverness of mushrooms to find new food!”

“All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.”

“Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth, nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian...”