Quotations Offer Inspiration

It’s been several month now since the publication of our book, Gardening for the Soul.Colleen and I still enjoy taking the book out into the garden for time alone. In particular, we enjoy many of the quotations. Some of our favorites are the following:
What the caterpillar calls the end, the world calls a butterfly. (Lao Tze Tao)
The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. (Sir Thomas Moore)
From the service in which I joined as a child I have taken with me into life a feeling for what is solemn, and a need for quiet and self-reflection, without which I cannot realize the meaning of my life.(Albert Schweitzer)
Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air, and to eat and sleep with the earth.. (Walt Whitman)
To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. (Mahatma Gandhi)
A piece of the sky and a chunk of the earth is lodged in the heart of every human being. (Thomas Moore)
I never cease to marvel at the wonders of nature, not only on earth but in the ocean. Recently I have been snorkeling a lot with my grandson, Matt, and have regained my appreciation for the vast ocean with so much beauty. Whether on land or on sea, we can learn so much from nature.

Posted on 07/20

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About

Jim, a fourth generation Floridian, is the author of seven books and has contributed to numerous magazines such as Florida Wildlife, Nature Photographer, Florida Gardening, Tide, Birds and Blooms, Butterfly Gardener, American Butterflies, and others. He was a columnist for a local newspaper, The Observer, for six years and is an active member of The Florida Writers Association.