“place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.” MenWellsChildrenMadeRealSelfPlaySpiritualLaughingYouthFlowerReturnSorrowSceneBirdPicksIdealsGardenPerfectionDifficultyNobleAwakeningPetCherishButterflyMaking LoveAbandonmentSpiritual AwakeningMaidensReal SelfMerrimentEscapade Author:Confucius
“Britain cherishes her eccentrics and wisely holds that the function of government is to build a walled garden in which anarchy can flourish.” GovernmentGardenFunctionBritainCherishAnarchy Author:Quentin Crisp
“People's live are expressed in little details....The soap in the bathroom, the flowers in the garden, the books on the bedside table are all strong symbols of a life in progress. You look at these details and a world unfolds - here are their books, the paintings they cherish, the music that soothes their souls.” PeopleWorldLooksLittlesBookSoulStrongProgressDesignPaintingFlowerGardenTablesDetailsSymbolsCherishBathroomSoapInterior Design Author:Charlotte Moss
“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” CareEarthNatureResponsibilityGardenRemainsEnvironmentalAncientWorthyCherishRenewal Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival.” EarthNatureEnvironmentSurvivalGardenRemainsEnvironmentalCherishEcologyRenewalGardenerPlanet EarthEarth DayEarth And NatureEco FriendlyGarden LoveInspirational EnvironmentalEarth Friendly Author:Wendell Berry
“Everything you cherish Throws you over in the end Thorns will grab your ankles From the gardens that you tend.” EndsDeathDyingGardenCherishThornsImpermanenceAnkles Author:Robert Hunter
“I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together.” FirstsLittlesLongCountryTogetherNightRealizingMemoriesSimplePayAirArmsWalkingSittingRainGardenTownsDrinkingEverydayHotelStayingServingCherishWeekendScotlandTouringLarryCafesEveryday ThingsProvence Author:Vivien Leigh
“The public must learn how to cherish the nobler and rarer plants, and to plant the aloe, able to wait a hundred years for it's bloom, or it's garden will contain, presently, nothing but potatoes and pot-herbs.” PeopleYearsAbleWaitingLearningHundredGardenPlantCherishPotPotatoesHerbs Book:Margaret Fuller: Essays on American Life and Letters Source: Margaret Fuller: Essays on American Life and Letters