When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

Is there any progress in horticulture? If not, it is dead, uninspiring. We cannot live in the past good as it is; we must draw our inspiration from the future.

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

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

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

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

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