Voltaire's phrase - you must cultivate your own garden - is one of the most famous statements in the world. But what did Voltaire mean by this - and what can we learn from it to help us live our lives today? Here is a recipe for how to survive our trouble...

Voltaire, pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (Nov 21, 1694 - May 30, 1778), was an 18th-century French Enlightenment philosopher, renowned for his wit and criticism of religious fanaticism and intolerance.