Quotes About Cultivation

Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.

God had a strategy in the ugly places because those were the fields in which he decided to cultivate us.

In emphasizing achievements (which are tangible) over the cultivation of a love of learning (which is intangible), schools simultaneously reinforce the rat-race mentality and stifle children's emotional development.

They're blind to a simple truth: complex minds can't develop on their own. If they could, feral children would be like any other. And minds don't grow the way weeds do, flourishing under indifferent attention; otherwise all children in orphanages would thrive. For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.

Minds don't grow the way weeds do, flourishing under indifferent attention; otherwise all children in orphanages would thrive. For a mind to even approach its full potential, it needs cultivation by other minds.

concept of ren: inadequately conveyed by "benevolence," that quality which is quintessentially human, which can only be cultivated through interaction with others, and which a solitary person cannot manifest.

Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything

Working on the native-herb garden in the front corner of the yard. Already thriving: thyme, hyssop, spearmint, lemon balm, fennel, chamomile, marjoram. Must add: lavender, ambrosia, valerian, mugwort, pennyroyal, gillyflower, and (when it's warmer) sweet basil.

The widespread adoption of crop cultivation was predicated on the invention of numerous farm tools. The domestication of horses for riding started with bits and bridles (stirrups and saddles came much later). Draft animals required many specific designs for their harnessing to plows, carts, or wagons—collars, reins, traces, bellybands for horses, yokes for oxen.

There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.

Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

There are no bad herbs or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.

With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle! He added with a pause: Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

My friends, remember this: There are no bad herbs, and no bad men; there are only bad cultivators.

There are no bad plants or bad men. There is only bad husbandry.

With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble the nettle! He added, after a pause: Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.

Ystäväni, painakaa mieleenne, ettei ole olemassa enempää huonoja kasveja kuin huonoja ihmisiäkään. On vain huonoja viljelijöitä. (Jean Valjean)

He had but one word for both these kinds of toil; he called them gardening. The mind is a garden, said he.

After a pause he added: My friends remember this:There is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man.There are only bad cultivators.

What more do you need? A little garden to walk in, and immensity to reflect on. At his feet something to cultivate and gather; above his head something to study and meditate on; a few flowers on earth and all the stars in heaven.

My friends, remember this: there is no such thing as a weed and no such thing as a bad man. There are only bad cultivators.

Food, a French man told me once, is the first wealth. Grow it right, and you feel insanely rich, no matter what you own.

The habit of saying thank you is the mark of a cultivated mind.