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Plant Quotes by John Muir
- When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.
- Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed,-chased and hunted down as long as fun…
- Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to…
- C. albus...I think the very loveliest of all the lily family - a spotless soul, plant saint, that every one must love and so be…
- Plants, animals, and stars are all kept in place, bridled along appointed ways, with one another, and through the midst of one another -- killing…
- When I discovered a new plant, I sat down beside it for a minute or a day, to make its acquaintance and hear what it…
- I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I…
- They tell us that plants are not like man immortal, but are perishable-soul -less. I think that is something that we know exactly nothing about.
- When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. One fancies a heart like our…
- No dogma taught by the present civilization seems to form so insuperable an obstacle in a way of a right understanding of the relations which…
- The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths,…
- So extraordinary is Nature with her choicest treasures, spending plant beauty as she spends sunshine, pouring it forth into land and sea, garden and desert.…
- In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
More Plant Quotes
- There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the problems of… — David Attenborough
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- Some bioengineering is good, especially if it results in plants that are more drought-resistant or perennial food crops. — Margaret Atwood
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- We're losing biodiversity globally at an alarming rate, and we need a cornucopia of different plants and animals, for the planet's health… — Diane Ackerman
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon
- A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
- For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb… — Edward Abbey
- No one in the United States has become seriously ill or has died because of any kind of accident at a civilian… — Joe Barton
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is continually reviewing its safety plan for the 100-plus operating civilian nuclear reactors in the United States. And… — Joe Barton
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy… — Saint Basil
- If I am constantly working, my relationships fail. So at least now I can have enough time to write a happy record.… — Adele