Plants Quotes

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He who plants a tree is a servant of God. — Louis L'Amour
The public must learn how to cherish the nobler and rarer plants, and to plant the aloe, able to wait a hundred years for it's… — Margaret Fuller
We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We... — Gary Larson
Use plants to bring life — Douglas Wilson
Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle. — Francis Cabot Lowell
I love planting. I love digging holes, putting plants in, tapping them in. And I love weeding, but I don't like tidying up the garden… — Jamaica Kincaid
Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder… — Jean Genet
In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this… — Dogen
We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we… — Gautama Buddha
Always try to grow in your garden some plant or plants out of the ordinary, something your neighbors never attempted. For you can receive no… — Richardson Wright
Agriculture probably required a far greater discipline than did any form of food collecting. Seeds had to be planted at certain seasons, some protection had… — Charles Heiser
Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no… — William F. Longgood
Plants, like people, are social or anti-social: the good plant has to be able to live amicably with other plants in the border. — Richardson Wright
Plants are like people: they're all different and a little bit strange. — John Kehoe
Every breath is a giveaway dance between you and the plants. — Susun Weed
It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode of… — Muhammad
The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds. — Plato
Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism. — Gautama Buddha
In gardens it's not just plants and insects and microbes that grow. People grow too, and the best bit is that they don't realise it's… — Costa Georgiadis

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