Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

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"Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people, they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough."

- George Washington Carver

Love

"If you love it enough, anything will talk with you."

- George Washington Carver

Love

"I know that my Redeemer lives. Thank God I love humanity, complexion doesn’t interest me one single a bit."

- George Washington Carver

Love

"All flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything."

- George Washington Carver

Awareness

"If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you."

- George Washington Carver

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

Learning