The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

Borland presents the seed as a paradox: materially tiny and commonplace, yet containing the whole future of a plant—an emblem of how origins can be both simple and unfathomable. “Ultimate wisdom” here is not technical knowledge but a humility before generative beginnings: the fact that life’s unfolding cannot be fully possessed by analysis. By saying the seed “calls faith rather than reason,” Borland suggests that the most fundamental realities—growth, renewal, potential—are apprehended through trust, patience, and wonder as much as through explanation. The quote elevates everyday natural observation into a philosophy of hope grounded in the hidden power of beginnings.