Quote by George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot

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Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot

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Stubbornness
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. – Dogen Zenji

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gardening

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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gardening

Im not surfing much anymore, but I love hiking and gardening, and Im always wearing a hat and sunblock. – Carolyn Murphy

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gardening

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

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gardening

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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. – Anne Boleyn

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. – Socrates

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Nature

The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. – A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

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In the society, where people are just parts in a larger machine, individuals are unable to develop fully. – Friedrich Schiller

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