I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.
Our notion of what makes a paradise always returns to the image of a beautiful and fruitful garden.
A garden is a love song, a duet between a human being and Mother Nature.
Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves.
A person who loves his or her work Is like a plant in the right spot: There growth is maximized And the yield is greatest.
Fresh grapes and wine are perhaps the most luscious foods we mortals encounter during our sojourn here.
Place gifts of silver in our hands. Give us this day our daily fish.
Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.