What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship that will cross the sea, we plant the mast to carry the sails, we plant the planks to withstand the gales--the keel, the keelson, and beam and knee--we plant the ship when we plant the tree.
Henry AbbeyAnd once I knew a meditative rose That never raised its head from bowing down, Yet drew its inspiration from the stars. It bloomed and faded here beside the road, And, being a poet, wrote on empty air With fragrance all the beauty of its soul.
Henry AbbeyThough Duty's face is stern, her path is best: They sweetly sleep who die upon her breast.
Henry AbbeyAll governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances.
Henry Abbey