Tree Quotes

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Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I had found a new friend. The surprising thing is where Iâ€™d found him â€“ not up a tree or sulking in the shade, or… — Lloyd Jones
The fruition of the year had come and the night should have been fine with a moon in the sky and the crisp sharp promise… — Sherwood Anderson
Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was made personal, merely personal feeling. This is what is the matter with us:… — D. H. Lawrence
Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened… — Bob Dylan
It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor of red tiles which look… — E. M. Forster
Journeyâ€™s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I wish I was a despot that I might save the noble, the beautiful trees that are daily falling sacrifice to the cupidity of their… — Thomas Jefferson
To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many… — J.R.R. Tolkien
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If a tree falls in the woods, and nobody is around to hear it, and it hits a mime, does anyone care? — Gary Larson
The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees… — Mahatma Gandhi
I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright. — Millard Kaufman
Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs? — Richard Bach
Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is… — Paulo Coelho
Under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me: There lie they, and here lie we Under the spreading chestnut tree. — George Orwell
If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me.. For I have blossomed so much, I am the… — Unknown Author
When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. — John Muir
Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because… — Leo Tolstoy

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