Tree Quotes

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A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree. — Helen Keller
A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from… — Laozi
He that planteth a tree ...provideth a kindness for many generations. — Henry Van Dyke
To see a shadow and think it is a tree that is a pity; but to see a tree and to think it a shadow… — Phyllis Bottome
April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees. — Yip Harburg
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured… — Gerard De Nerval
What country before ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not… — Thomas Jefferson
We should understand well that all things are the work of the Great Spirit. We should know the Great Spirit is within all things: the… — Black Elk
This is the Day in which God's most excellent favors have been poured out upon men, the Day in which His most mighty grace hath… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards… — Ming-Dao Deng
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books. — A. Whitney Brown
To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals. — Mikhail Gorbachev
Plant trees, Lots of trees — Al Gore
"Hear! hear!" screamed the jay from a neighboring tree, where I had heard a tittering for some time, "winter has a concentrated and nutty kernel,… — Henry David Thoreau
Among the liveliest of my memories are those of eating and drinking; and I would sooner give up some of my delightful remembered walks, green… — Mary Antin
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but… — Michel de Montaigne
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically… — Wallace D. Wattles
Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Do you know anyone who hasn't changed his mind? This door was a tree, then it will be firewood for someone, then it will return… — Byron Katie
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear:… — Algernon Sidney

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