Clare Leighton quotes

Clare Leighton quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree.”
-- Clare Leighton

#Garden Quotes #Tree Quotes #Plant Quotes

“I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the lowest in the world.”
“Go to the meadows, go to the garden, go to the woods. Open your eyes!”
“Land is not merely soil, it is a fountain of energy flowing through a circuit of soils, plants and animals.”

Source : Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.216, Oxford University Press, USA
“Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.”
“A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.”
“Listen ... With faint dry sound, Like steps of passing ghosts, The leaves, frost-crisp'd, break free from the trees And fall.”

Source : Adelaide Crapsey, “November Night”
“Learning is a plant that grows in all climes.”
“Plants live; how much they feel and enjoy, who shall say?”
“Plant a good seed in the right spot and it will grow without further coaxing”
“If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you'll get good things back. That's part of our responsibility as entertainers.”

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