“I wish that every child could have growing space because I think children are a little like plants. If they grow too close together, they become thin and sickly and never obtain maximum growth. We need room to grow.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenLittlesTogetherWishGrowsGrowthSpaceRoomsGrowingPlantMaximum Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“I have seen myself lose intolerance, narrowness, bigotry, complacence, pride and a whole bushel-basket of other intellectual vices through my contact with Nature and with men. And when you take weeds out of a garden it gives you room to grow flowers. So, every time I lost a little self-satisfaction, or arrogance, I could plant some broadness or love of my own in its place, and after a while the garden of my mind began to bloom and be fragrant and I found myself better equipped for my work and more useful to others as a consequence.” MenGivingMindLittlesSelfWholeFoundLostGrowsLosesMy OwnRoomsAtheismFlowerPrideIntellectualConsequenceGardenPlantSatisfactionVicesPositive AtheismContactArroganceBigotryWeedIntoleranceBasketsOf My MindSelf-satisfaction Author:Luther Burbank
“I believe when you bring, say, a plant into a room, everything in that room changes in relation to it. This tension - tension is the only word for it - can be painted.” BelieveI BelieveRoomsRelationPlantTension Book:PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983 Source: PS -- of Course: Patrick Swift, 1927-1983
“Ambas and Bobia Islands are perfect gems of beauty. Mondoleh I cannot say I admire. It always looks to me exactly like one of those flower-stands full of ferns and plants - the sort you come across in drawing rooms at home, with wire-work legs. I do not mean that Mondoleh has wire-work legs under water, but it looks as if it might have.” IfsLooksMeanHomeMightWaterPerfectRoomsFlowerPlantLegsDrawingAdmireIslandsWireGemsFerns Author:Mary Kingsley
“I have a lot of plants and fish and a pet lizard and Venus flytraps. I have a whole ecosystem in my room, like a running waterfall and different lights and sensors set on digital timers.” DifferentWholeLightRunningRoomsPlantFishesPetDigitalEcosystemsVenusWaterfallsLizardsTimerSensors Author:Chris Pratt