"When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself."
-Liberty Hyde Bailey
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"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
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"Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion."
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"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."
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"One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels."
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"There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness."
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"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."
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