Liberty Hyde Bailey

The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#love

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#after #cannot #devoid #done #either

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#education #himself #man #purpose #sunset

Anyone who acquires more than the usual amount of knowledge concerning a subject is bound to leave it as his contribution to the knowledge of the world. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#amount #anyone #bound #concerning #contribution

Every decade needs its own manual of handicraft. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#every #handicraft #manual #needs #own

Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#garden #give #good #grow #less

A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#attention #because #effort #expended #fulfill

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#feels #happiness #knows #less #than

Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#eventually #explain #how #may #philosophy

There are two essential epochs in any enterprise - to begin, and to get done. ↗

— Liberty Hyde Bailey

#begin #done #enterprise #epochs #essential