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> [“Henry Mitchell, in his book One Man's Garden, observes that "it is not important for a garden to be beautiful" in everyone's eyes. But "it is extremely important for the gardener to think it is a fair substitute for Eden."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/henry-mitchell-in-his-book-one-man-s-garden-observes-that-it-is-not/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

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## More by Vigen Guroian

> [I think gardening is nearer to godliness than theology. True gardeners are both iconographers and theologians insofar as these activities are the fruit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/i-think-gardening-is-nearer-to-godliness-than-theology-true-gardeners/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [“Mere instruction in morality is not sufficient to nurture the virtues. It might even backfire, especially when the presentation is heavily exhortative and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/mere-instruction-in-morality-is-not-sufficient-to-nurture-the-virtues/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [“The fruit of the garden is not restricted to what we eat. Every garden lends something more to the imagination - beauty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/the-fruit-of-the-garden-is-not-restricted-to-what-we-eat-every-garden/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [“My son Rafi is enchanted with cyberspace. But we are not disembodied mind or spirit, we are our bodies - cruising the Internet won't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/my-son-rafi-is-enchanted-with-cyberspace-but-we-are-not-disembodied/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [Let every Christian be a gardener so that he and she and the whole of creation, which groans in expectation of the Spirit's final…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/let-every-christian-be-a-gardener-so-that-he-and-she-and-the-whole-of/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [Gardening symbolizes our race's primordial acceptance of a responsibility and role in rectifying the harm done to the creation through sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/gardening-symbolizes-our-race-s-primordial-acceptance-of-a/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [ Colleges \[have\] forfeited the responsibilities of in loco parentis and have gone into the pimping and brothel business. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/colleges-have-forfeited-the-responsibilities-of-in-loco-parentis-and/)

[Vigen Guroian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vigen-guroian/)

> [I think if we all gardened more, they and all of the other birds that fly in the air above and light in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/i-think-if-we-all-gardened-more-they-and-all-of-the-other-birds-that/)

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> [“Henry Mitchell, in his book One Man's Garden, observes that "it is not important for a garden to be beautiful" in everyone's eyes. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vigen-guroian/henry-mitchell-in-his-book-one-man-s-garden-observes-that-it-is-not/)

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