Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Quote by May Sarton

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In the country of pain we are each alone

In the country of pain we are each alone

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of...

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which...

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which...

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not...

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not...

Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed

Innocence is not pure so much as pleased, Always expectant, bright-eyed, self-enclosed

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness...

Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness...

In the country of pain we are each alone.

In the country of pain we are each alone.

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of...

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of...

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you...

Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's...

Gardening, I told myself, is the most sociable of hobbies. The very nature of one's...

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

Gardens are a form of autobiography.

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...

In my opinion hard core gardeners, like eco-terrorists, some street gangs, and any American militia...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

The parks of Paris-the Bois de Boulogne, Parc Monceau, Vert Galant, Luxembourg, Tuileries, Buttes-Chaumont and...

The parks of Paris-the Bois de Boulogne, Parc Monceau, Vert Galant, Luxembourg, Tuileries, Buttes-Chaumont and...

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.