“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit ”
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“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit ”
“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature ”
“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides”
“How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!”
“I believe in God, only I spell it nature ”
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
“It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf”
“A good garden may have some weeds”
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures”
“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed”
“The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there ”
“The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies”
“What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.”
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered ”
“The secret of improved plant breeding, apart from scientific knowledge, is love”
“Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society”
“A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden”
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself”
“People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves ”