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Dogen Quote: “Working with plants, trees, fences and…”

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

November 6, 2019 1200, Dogen, January 19, Japanese, Quotes by Leaders

Natasha Trethewey Quote: “I am interested in 18th century…”

I am interested in 18th century natural philosophy, science, particularly botany, the study of hybridity in plants and animals, which, of course, then allows me to consider the hybridity of language.

September 24, 2019 1966, American, April 26, Natasha Trethewey, Quotes by Poets

Ian Hamilton Finlay Quote: “What you compose with is neither…”

What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff’s officer, or whatever.

September 24, 2019 1925, Ian Hamilton Finlay, October 28, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Wladimir Klitschko Quote: “These nuclear plants are more dangerous…”

These nuclear plants are more dangerous than people realize.

September 9, 2019 1976, March 25, Quotes by Leaders, Ukrainian, Wladimir Klitschko

John Tyler Bonner Quote: “Any object, whether animate or inanimate…”

Any object, whether animate or inanimate, will have a size. Airplanes, boats, or musical string instruments vary in size just like animals and plants, and in all cases, their size and their material construction are totally different matters even though they affect one another.

July 2, 2019 1920, American, John Tyler Bonner, May 12, Quotes by Educators

Wendell Berry Quote: “The uplands of my home country…”

The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.

May 19, 2019 1934, American, August 5, Quotes by Poets, Wendell Berry

Annie Besant Quote: “No durable things are built on…”

No durable things are built on violent passion. Nature grows her plants in silence and in darkness, and only when they have become strong do they put their heads above the ground.

February 1, 2019 1847, Annie Besant, English, October 1, Quotes by Philosophers

John W. Gardner Quote: “Much education today is monumentally ineffective….”

Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

November 16, 2018 1912, American, John W. Gardner, October 8, Quotes by Educators
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