“The State exists simply to promote and to protect the ordinary happiness of human beings in this life. A husband and wife chatting over a fire, a couple of friends having a game of darts in a pub, a man reading a book in his own room or digging in his own garden-that is what the State is there for. And unless they are helping to increase and prolong and protect such moments, all the laws, parliaments, armies, courts, police, economics, etc., are simply a waste of time.” MenHumansBookStatesMomentsHelpingLawReadingGamesHuman BeingsRoomsFireWifeCoupleProtectHusbandWasteOrdinaryEconomicsGardenIncreaseArmyPoliceCourtThis LifeEtcWasting TimeParliamentDiggingHusband And WifePubsChattingDarts Book:Mere Christianity Source: Mere Christianity
“Any mundane activity can become meditative. Digging a hole in the garden, planting new roses in the garden - you can do it with such tremendous love and compassion, you can do it with the hands of a buddha.” LoveHandsCan DoCompassionActivityGardenRoseHolesYou Can Do ItMundaneDiggingLove And CompassionDigging A Hole Author:Rajneesh
“I got a rejection letter from an editor at HarperCollins, who included a report from his professional reader. This report shredded my first-born novel, laughed at my phrasing, twirled my lacy pretensions around and gobbed into the seething mosh pit of my stolen clichés. As I read the report, the world became very quiet and stopped rotating. What poisoned me was the fact that the report's criticisms were all absolutely true. The sound of my landlady digging in the garden got the world moving again. I slipped the letter into the trash... knowing I'd remember every word.” WorldWritingFirstsFactsRememberMovingSoundBornNovelKnowingReaderQuietGardenCriticismLettersRejectionReportsEditorsLaughedStolenTrashPitsDiggingPretensionSeethingRotatingRejection Letters Author:David Mitchell
“Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.” PeopleWayLongGardenSensibleLong WayDiggingLawnsMowingMowing The Lawn Author:Michael Palin
“Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.” ChildrenOpinionGrowingGardenPublic OpinionPollsDiggingOpinion Polls Author:J. B. Priestley
“An hour's hard digging is a good way of getting one's mind back in the right perspective.” WayMindHardHoursPerspectiveGardenDiggingGood Way Author:Richard Briers
“In a delightful garden, sowing, planting or digging are not hardship but are done with a zeal and a certain pleasure.” DoneCertainPleasureEvolutionGardenHardshipDelightfulZealDiggingSowing Book:Works Source: Works
“I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?” PeopleWantDoeLastsGuyHouseJokesGardenChristmasAwardsDiggingDecorating Author:Ian St John
“I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden afterwards.” GardenPlantHolesWeedDiggingTappingDigging A HoleTidying Up Author:Jamaica Kincaid