“Well, dearest, what would you tell a farmer who had an over-abundant harvest? To plant less, of course!"..."I am not complaining about the frequency of the planting," she said. "I’d just rather not reap a crop every year.”
“He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.”
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
“To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.”
“Annamaria had preferred oil rather than electric lamps. She said that sunshine grows plants, the plants express essential oils, and years later those oils fire the lamps - giving back 'the light of the other days'.”
“Happiness is something we reap from the seeds we sow. Plant misery seeds and that us what you reap.”