Frugality is the mother of all virtues.
In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.
It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.
The brave person thinks of himself last of all.
I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This doesn't mean I do not want to share with people.
Half of your power lies in your sameness with others. The other half lies in your uniqueness.
War is a calculated and condoned slaughter of human beings.