Soil Quotes

837 Soil quotes by 607 unique authors

There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most… — Steven Erikson
Dear me! We Tooks and Brandybucks, we can't live long on the heights.' 'No,' said Merry. 'I can't. Not yet, at any rate. But at… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues. — John Dewey
I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown . . . I was taking a part of the South to transplant in… — Richard Wright
He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the… — Emily Bronte
You told me once of the plants that lie dormant through the drought, that wait, half-dead, deep in the earth. The plants that wait for… — Lucy Christopher
Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts. “There is a rock of greed over here, Father. I can’t… — Max Lucado
I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
The sky was electric blue above the trees but the yard felt dark. Stephanie went to the edge of the lawn and sat her forehead… — Jennifer Egan
Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch their films, read… — Wilma Mankiller
No enunciation of the Truth will ever be complete, no method of training will ever be suitable for all temperaments, no one can do more… — Dion Fortune
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. — Walt Whitman
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. — Carl Sagan
Good farmers, who take seriously their duties as stewards of Creation and of their land's inheritors, contribute to the welfare of society in more ways… — Wendell Berry
He should have seen this coming, but he hadn't. Of course she wouldn't want to move back to Wynette after everything that had happened to… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades, the… — Dee Brown
...to return to their 'native soil,' as they say, to the bosom, so to speak, of their mother earth, like frightened children, yearning to fall… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and resurrector, by which disease… — Wendell Berry
I warn you all, hatred is finding fertile soil within me. And in your compassion, in your every good intention, you nurture it. — Steven Erikson
When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let… — Ann Voskamp
The ashes of your existence will fertilize the soil for the universe to follow. — Richard Kadrey
You compare the nation to a parched piece of land and the tax to a life-giving rain. So be it. But you should also ask… — Frederic Bastiat
Persons of genius, it is true, are, and are always likely to be, a small minority; but in order to have them, it is necessary… — John Stuart Mill
The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil… — Isabel Allende
The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass. — Wendell Berry

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