“Being a good mother means teaching your children to care for the world.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

About Robin Wall Kimmerer

American botanist, professor and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' (2013).

“Gratitude plants the seed for abundance.”

“Grieving is a sign of spiritual health.”

“A teacher comes, they say, when you are ready.”

“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.”

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.”

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

“The fundamental defect of fathers is that they want their children to be a credit to them.”

“He follows his father, but not with equal steps.”