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Quote by May Sarton

“When I am alone the flowers are really seen; I can pay attention to them. They are felt as presences. Without them I would die...they change before my eyes. They live and die in a few days; they keep me closely in touch with the process, with growth, and also with dying. I am floated on their moments.”

Quote by May Sarton

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May Sarton

American poet, born on May 3, 1912, and died on July 16, 1995. Known for her profound psychological insights and delicate portrayals of natural landscapes, May Sarton's poetry has had a significant impact on contemporary poetry, earning her numerous literary awards. more

“Naturally and logically, people who forage rather than herd domestic beasts and tend crops for a living - that is, people who depend utterly on wild as opposed to agriculture nature for their welfare - inevitably come to view themselves as merely an element of it all, one member of an egalitarian community, alternately eating and being eaten.”

People Community Views Depends Members Elements Eating Welfare Beast Agriculture Crops Herds

Author:David Petersen

“The worthiness of any cause is not measured by its clean record, but by its readiness to see the blots when they are pointed out, and to change its mind.”

Mind Causes Records Clean Readiness Worthiness

Book:The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

Source: The River of the Mother of God: and other Essays by Aldo Leopold

“I've known no better teacher than hunting. And what hunting has taught me is hardly restricted to the ways of wildings and woods.”

Way Known Teacher Taught Woods Hunting

Book:On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life

Source: On the Wild Edge: In Search of a Natural Life

“A historic operation occurred over in Boston. Doctors successfully transplanted tissue from a pig's brain to a man's brain -- and the man's brain did not reject it. That pretty much confirms what women have been saying about men.”