Beverley Nichols

“To be born again is, for the adult, the most terrifying experience. It is to live in a world without values.”

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

“Cats are a tonic, they are a comfort, and they are a source of amusement.”

“The price of peace is to be a pacifist.”

“The chief enemies of the creator are not the public, nor the critics, but his own artistic conscience.”

“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”

“A lawn is nature under totalitarian rule.”

“The more one gardens, the more one learns; and the more one learns, the more one realizes how little one knows.”

“Against the dark background of this world... even a little flower shines like a star.”

“The only real education comes from what goes against you.”

“Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.”

“The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.”

“Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.”

“You must learn to see with your own eyes, to hear with your own ears, and to feel with your own heart.”

“I have come to the conclusion that the chief obstacle to peace is the Christian religion.”