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e43560c The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man. nature humanity life philosophy nurture roots Milan Kundera
810f6bc Anthropocentric as [the gardener] may be, he recognizes that he is dependent for his health and survival on many other forms of life, so he is careful to take their interests into account in whatever he does. He is in fact a wilderness advocate of a certain kind. It is when he respects and nurtures the wilderness of his soil and his plants that his garden seems to flourish most. Wildness, he has found, resides not only out there, but right here: in his soil, in his plants, even in himself... But wildness is more a quality than a place, and though humans can't manufacture it, they can nourish and husband it... The gardener cultivates wildness, but he does so carefully and respectfully, in full recognition of its mystery. nature life nurture gardening wild wilderness Michael Pollan
07efdb7 When we set about accounting for a Napoleon or a Shakespeare or a Raphael or a Wagner or an Edison or other extraordinary person, we understand that the measure of his talent will not explain the whole result, nor even the largest part of it; no, it is the atmosphere in which the talent was cradled that explains; it is the training it received while it grew, the nurture it got from reading, study, example, the encouragement it gathered from self-recognition and recognition from the outside at each stage of its development: when we know all these details, then we know why the man was ready when his opportunity came. learning thomas-edison richard-wagner napoleon-bonaparte raphael extraordinary nurture study training genius talent william-shakespeare Mark Twain
6f6ac42 Terrible times breed terrible things, my lord. war philosophical greed philosophy environment nurture rulers George R.R. Martin
2cec383 Pray for God's grace to nurture on the inside what He calls us to live out on the outside. live god inside nurture grace outside christian faithful pray Elizabeth George
057ec33 It is almost impossible to shake of one's earliest training. Duke, can you get it through your skull that had you been brought up by Martians, you would have the same attitude toward eating and being eaten as Mike has. nature truth nurture upbringing Robert A. Heinlein