“The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.”

“Are you overwhelmed pulling weeds, when you really just need to replant the garden?”

“Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.”

“No garden is without its weeds.”

“I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.”

“It's disturbing how fast weeds take root in my garden of worthiness.
They're so hard to pull.
And grow back so easily.”

“And add to these retired Leisure,
That in trim gardens takes his pleasure.”

“Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.”

“The world is a perfect garden for your seeds.”

“The love of gardening is a seed that once sown never dies, but grows to the enduring happiness that the love of gardening gives.”