Bergius Botanic Garden Quotes & Sayings

Our job is not to set things right but to see them right. — Eric Butterworth

The Immortals were about to engage the Impregnable. The unbeaten would fight the unbeatable. — Bernard Cornwell

No nation can last which has made a mob of itself, however generous at heart. — John Ruskin

The student who would build his knowledge on solid foundations, and proceed by just degrees to the pinnacles of truth, is directed by the great philosopher of France to begin by doubting of his own existence. In like manner, whoever would complete any arduous and intricate enterprise, should, as soon as his imagination can cool after the first blaze of hope, place before his own eyes every possible embarrassment that may retard or defeat him. He should first question the probability of success, and then endeavour to remove the objections that he has raised. — Samuel Johnson

Here's something I still can't get over. Amazes and thrills me every time. I'm sitting here and want a certain book. So I search, click, and then I have the book. Every time, my heart does a little leap of joy. What a beautiful world the market is making. — Jeffrey Tucker

All the wars, all the hatred, all the ignorance in the world come out of being so invested in our opinions. — Pema Chodron

I don't spend much time in it. I go in there for my lunch and for coffee in the afternoon. I'd rarely be in there at night. I don't think it's neccessarily a bad thing but if it's abused obviously it's a bad thing. — Lucinda Creighton

The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone. — Naomi Wolf