Ian paused and leaned closer to me so that I couldn't seem to see anything around his face, just snow and sapphire and ink.
The Gardener does not create the Garden. The Garden creates the Gardener.
A good gardener looks at every plant every day.
We are the living links in a life force that moves and plays around and through us, binding the deepest soils with the farthest stars.
It is not the gardener that makes the garden. It is the garden that makes the gardener.
There is one rule in the garden that is above all others. You must give to nature more than you take. Obey it, and the earth will provide you in glorious abundance.
Filthy, mucky tools: filthy, mucky work. Clean, beautiful tools: clean, beautiful work.
It is a remarkable fact that the second law of thermodynamics has played in the history of science a fundamental role far beyond its original scope. Suffice it to mention Boltzmann's work on kinetic theory, Planck's discovery of quantum theory or Einstein's theory of spontaneous emission, which were all based on the second law of thermodynamics.
I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?
I like to take care of myself and know what foods I should be eating.
Inside me I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud to be African. But of course I'm Italian. I was born in Italy. I've never been to Africa in my life, but I will go one day.