Quote by Andrew Weil
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an

My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society. – Andrew Weil

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It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life. – Andrew Weil

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In the world at large, people are rewarded or punished in ways that are often utterly random. In the garden, cause and effect, labor and reward, are re-coupled. Gardening makes sense in a senseless world. By extension, then, the more gardens in the world, the more justice, the more sense is created. – Andrew Weil

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Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines. – Andrew Weil

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The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. – Michael Pollan

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Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow. – Zora Neale Hurston

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I do the gardening. – Kenneth Robert Livingstone

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Rock n Roll, no roses or gardening. – Tina Charles

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