May Sarton Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old May Sarton quotes, May Sarton sayings, and May Sarton proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers. May Sarton
Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers. May Sarton
O cruel cloudless space, and pale bare ground where the poor infant lies. Why do we feel restored as in a sacramental place? Here Mystery is artifice, and here a vision of such peace is stored, healing flows from it through our eyes. May Sarton
Don't forget that compared to a grown up person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old. May Sarton
Sometimes one has simply to endure a period of depression for what it may hold of illumination if one can live through it, attentive to what it exposes or demands. May Sarton
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. May Sarton
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace. May Sarton
And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief / To sing her thrilling song / To stars and waves and sky / For neither old nor young / The phoenix does not die. May Sarton
Humans relations just aren't fixed in their orbits like the planets— they're more like galaxies, changing all the time, exploding into the light for years, then dying away. May Sarton