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Whatever seeds each man cultivates will grow to maturity and bear in him their own fruit. If they be vegetative, he will be like a plant.

What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for them to bear fruit because things are seasonal.

What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged than he that, living idly, getteth little and spendeth all he gets, seeing the one hath no more protection from the commonwealth than the other?

What sets us against one another is not our aims - they all come to the same thing - but our methods, which are the fruit of our varied reasoning.

When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.

When a society is organized around that which is fitting in each realm, then peace, the fruit of justice, can flourish.

When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.

Whenever we accept an idea as authority instead of as instrument, an idol is set up. We worship the plough, and not the fruit.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

Where there is no fruit, there may be no root.

When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause

When the fruit of your service is out of all proportion to the gifts you possess, THAT is Blessing!

When the population is filled with peace and harmony it ripens like fruit that turns to rot in a jiff if not preserved by change.

When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.

Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion.

When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our appetites, whatever the consequences may be.

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.

When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.

When you start a business, go for the lowest hanging fruit.

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.

Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ.

Where will you go to seek Brahman? He is immanent in all beings. Here, here is the visible Brahman! Shame on those who, neglecting the visible Brahman, set their minds on other things! Here is the visible Brahman before you as tangible as a fruit in one's hand! Can't you see? Here - here - is Brahman!

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.

Who has told you that the fruit belies the flower? For the fruit you have not tasted, and the flower you know but by report.

Why is she convinced Ambrose is out to get her" Leif asked "Ambrose?" Yelena raised a slender eyebrow. She carried a tray of tea and fruit. "You're on a first name basis with the Commander now?" "I usually call him Amby, but not in mixed company.

You can't change the fruit without changing the root.

Why should I stay? Nor seed nor fruit have I, But, sprung at once to beauty's perfect round, Nor loss nor gain nor change in me is found, - A life-complete in death-complete to die.

Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower?

Widows, like ripe fruit, drop easily from their perch.

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.

Words are leaves, the substance consists of deeds, which are the true fruits of a good tree.

Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all my desires ripen into fruits of love.

You do not live in a vacuum nor can you harvest the better fruits of life without help and ENCOURAGEMENT from others.

Without action and fruit, all the theology in the world has little meaning.

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.

You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity.

You must know how to translate the indications of the word into daily witness, allowing yourselves to be formed by the word which, like seed sown in good soil, brings abundant fruit. Thus you will remain docile to the Spirit and grow in union with God, you will cultivate fraternal communion among yourselves and be ready to serve your brethren generously, especially those most in need.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

You had me at fruit pies

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.

You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight.

You're a bore, I said to me. You're puny. You're lacking in quality, like a pair of factory-rejected Fruit of the Loom shorts. And this was without considering any sexual problems, since I've never had sex with anyone except myself.

You notice how they always put the fruit and veg at the entrance to the supermarket? You go in thinking 'this is a fresh shop, everything in here is FRESH! I will do well to shop here'. You never go straight to the bit with the toilet paper, loo brushes and such do you? You'd think 'this is a POO shop! Everything in here is themed on POO!

You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself... The problem is not to blame or explain but to handle the life that arises... If you say no to a single factor in your life, you have unraveled the whole thing... The demon that you swallow gives you its power, and the greater life's pain, the greater life's reply.

Your weaknesses are the key to the unimaginable bigger future that God has envisioned for you. Your strengths are probably already bearing all the fruit they can. They will continue to bear those good fruits in your life, but at some point they will begin to plateau. Your richer, more abundant future is intimately linked to your weaknesses.

You wait for nothing if not for the word that will burst from the deep like a fruit among branches.

You show me a tropical fruit and I'll show you a cocksucker from Guatemala.