Jack Harlan quotes

“Man is by definition the first and primary weed under whose influence all other weeds have evolved.”
-- Jack Harlan

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“Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.”

Source : 'The Garden of Kama' (1901) 'Less than the Dust'

“FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.”

“I think being on Weeds, in general, makes it hard to think of me as Nemo anymore.”

“An angel, legend has it, took pity on a little shepherd girl who had nothing to give to the Infant Jesus in his manger. The angel handed her a weed, but first transformed it into this beautiful flower of winter.”

“It would be the greatest delight of the seraphs to pile up sand on the seashore or to pull weeds in a garden for all eternity, if they found out such was God's will. Our Lord himself teaches us to ask to do the will of God on earth as the saints do it in heaven: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."”

“I did experiment with ***** when I was a youth.”

“God never can use any man very much till he has grace enough to forget himself entirely while doing God's work; for He will not give His glory to another nor share with the most valued instrument the praise that belongs to Jesus Christ alone.”

“No one man is superior to the game.”

“A devotee should be fixed in the conclusion that, the spiritual master cannot be subject to criticism and should never be considered equal to a common man.”

“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”

Source : "Cutting for Stone". Book by Abraham Verghese. Chapter 6: "My Abyssinia", 2009.