Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 Old Age, Aging, Poor Health Dying and Death Impermanence Quotes for Those that Love Gardens, Gardening and the Green Way Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo Listen, all creeping things - the bell of transience. – Issa I want Death to find me planting my cabbages. - Michel De Montaigne If you really want to draw close to your garden, you must remember first of all that you are dealing with a being that lives and dies; like the human body, with its poor flesh, its illnesses at times repugnant. One must not always see it dressed up for a ball, manicured and immaculate. - Fernand Lequenne Live each day as if it were your last, and garden as though you will live forever. - Author Unknown I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn. - A Chieftan from Nigeria Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! John Milton, The Hour of Death Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold. - William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession. - Shakespeare, Hamlet V,I Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death. - Eugene Kennedy The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. - Steve Karmen When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. - Mohican Chief Aupumut, 1725, Native American Quotations Someday I'll be a weather-beaten skull resting on a grass pillow, Serenaded by a stray bird or two. Kings and commoners end up the same, No more enduring than last night's dream. - Ryokan, 1758-1831 Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. - Isaac Asimov Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days. - Philip Whalen, 1923 -June 26, 2002 Zen priest, Abbot of San Francisco Hartfort Street Zen Center Beat poet A ruin is not just something that happened long ago to someone else; its history is that of us all, the transience of power, of ideas, of all human endeavors. - George Schaller Paradise - I see flowers from the cottage where I lie. - Yaitsu's death poem, 1807 So Funny, the Pekin duck, lies between Thurber [the golden retriever], the birch, and the Chinese stationary bamboo, and has made me remember that my garden has always included dead pets, and most likely always will. One way or another - even in New York City - animals find their way into my garden, I water them and they come up roses. - Patti Hagan, 1989 We must endure our thoughts all night, until The bright obvious stands motionless in the cold. - Wallace Stevens Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. - John Muir LoveAlways, Mazie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2002 Report Share Posted October 17, 2002 It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen (1935 - ) - mazie_l Thursday, October 17, 2002 4:09 PM Old Age, Aging, Death & Dying Old Age, Aging, Poor Health Dying and Death Impermanence Quotes for Those that Love Gardens, Gardening and the Green Way Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo Listen, all creeping things - the bell of transience. - Issa I want Death to find me planting my cabbages. - Michel De Montaigne If you really want to draw close to your garden, you must remember first of all that you are dealing with a being that lives and dies; like the human body, with its poor flesh, its illnesses at times repugnant. One must not always see it dressed up for a ball, manicured and immaculate. - Fernand Lequenne Live each day as if it were your last, and garden as though you will live forever. - Author Unknown I conceive that the land belongs to a vast family of which many are dead, few are living, and countless numbers are still unborn. - A Chieftan from Nigeria Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death! John Milton, The Hour of Death Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again, And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mold. - William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis Come my spade. There is no ancient gentlemen but gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession. - Shakespeare, Hamlet V,I Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death. - Eugene Kennedy The ultimate inspiration is the deadline. - Steve Karmen When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. - Mohican Chief Aupumut, 1725, Native American Quotations Someday I'll be a weather-beaten skull resting on a grass pillow, Serenaded by a stray bird or two. Kings and commoners end up the same, No more enduring than last night's dream. - Ryokan, 1758-1831 Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. - Isaac Asimov Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days. - Philip Whalen, 1923 -June 26, 2002 Zen priest, Abbot of San Francisco Hartfort Street Zen Center Beat poet A ruin is not just something that happened long ago to someone else; its history is that of us all, the transience of power, of ideas, of all human endeavors. - George Schaller Paradise - I see flowers from the cottage where I lie. - Yaitsu's death poem, 1807 So Funny, the Pekin duck, lies between Thurber [the golden retriever], the birch, and the Chinese stationary bamboo, and has made me remember that my garden has always included dead pets, and most likely always will. One way or another - even in New York City - animals find their way into my garden, I water them and they come up roses. - Patti Hagan, 1989 We must endure our thoughts all night, until The bright obvious stands motionless in the cold. - Wallace Stevens Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. - John Muir LoveAlways, Mazie /join All paths go somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions, and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self. Welcome all to a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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