Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey

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One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

The true purpose of education is to teach a man to carry himself triumphant to the sunset.

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

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

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

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

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

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

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

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

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

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.

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.

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.

Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

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.

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.

- Liberty Hyde Bailey

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