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Plants Quotes by John Muir
- When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.
- 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…
- Plants, animals, and stars are all kept in place, bridled along appointed ways, with one another, and through the midst of one another -- killing…
- 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…
- 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,…
- The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
- In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.
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- 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
- 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
- Annual plants are nature's emergency medical service, seeded in sounds and scars to hold the land until the perennial cover is re-established. — Wendell Berry
- The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of… — Wendell Berry
- No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have… — Annie Besant