May Sarton Quotes

Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I garden. It's very relaxing to me.

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.

It's good to do things slow in the bush. It makes you appreciate everything a lot more.

Working in a garden calms me down.

Gardening is the instrument of grace.

Gardening is an instrument of grace.

We live in such a noisy world that we need to stop and just let things happen. Let it grow.

People think that because of my act that I must have a really busy mind and I must be driven. I really am not. I quite like going outside and looking at spiders on a hedge in my garden and stuff.

Maybe because I'm a Taurus, I like to watch plants grow.

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

When you're connected to the ocean, you really don't think about what's going on with your email or texts or any of that. You're just a lot more liberated.

I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.

I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing - just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?

Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there's a current and just stare into the water. I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't scuba, I don't spear, don't boat, don't play basketball or football - I excel at staring into space. I'm really good at that.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

If you want to relax, watch the clouds pass by if you're laying on the grass, or sit in front of the creek; just doing nothing and having those still moments is what really rejuvenates the body.

But I try to steal other moments. Sometimes I get up very early in the morning and enjoy a quiet house and cup of tea before the craziness begins. Other times, I'll take a quick walk on the beach. You can find peace in a few minutes.

The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.