Carl Linnaeus

God created, Linnaeus organized.

Natura non facit saltus (Nature makes no leaps).

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost too.

The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this is a knowledge of the names of things.

The stone in the field, the plant in the garden, the animal in the forest, and man in the world, all are subject to the same laws.

A practical botanist must be able to distinguish plants from each other, and to know their names.

The study of nature is the study of God.

Systema Naturae is a work of God, not of man.

The names of plants are the keys to the knowledge of them.

I have seen the face of God.

The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

The whole creation is a work of God, and all things are arranged according to His will.

The greatest pleasure of a gardener is to see his plants grow.

The study of nature is the most delightful of all studies.

I have been a botanist from my mother's womb.

The more I study nature, the more I am amazed at the Creator.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.

The true botanist is not he who knows many plants, but he who knows them well.

The order of nature is the order of God.