The fulness of the godhead dwelt in every blade of grass.

About Elias Hicks

Portrait of Elias Hicks

Elias Hicks (March 19, 1748 – February 27, 1830) was a traveling Quaker minister from Long Island, New York. In his ministry he promoted doctrines deemed unorthodox by many which led to lasting controversy, and caused the second major schism within the Religious Society of Friends (the first caused by...

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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

—Helen Keller

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The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's fathomed the depth of, and paths threaded with flowers planted by the mind.

—Katherine Mansfield

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If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

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I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

—Walt Whitman

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Have patience! In time, even grass becomes milk.

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