Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else’s interest before one’s own.

One cannot live on anger, my son.

He who aims too high will get a sore neck

You cannot go back and make a new start, but you can start now and make a new ending

The hardest part for us was watching them harvest our Shamouti oranges.Those were our favourites, thick skinned, seedless and juicy.When the wind was strong, the scent of their blossoms in the spring and their fruit...