Tree Quotes
4223 quotes by 2421 authors
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We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty,…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees.
— William Wordsworth
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Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days.
— Philip Whalen
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Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes,…
— John Evelyn
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Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
— John Milton
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When you truly feel this equal love for all, when your heart has expanded so much that it embraces the whole of creation, you will…
— Ramana Maharshi
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All the unhallowed beauty I have found; All free - discordant shrills and form-defying wonders above ground, like writhen trees with draggled foliage struggling along…
— Rex Ingamells
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Your trees must be tended; if you can afford it, you owe it to them. I don't buy expensive plants; if I am extravagant in…
— Elisabeth Murdoch
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Autumn in my garden is when trees give their tickertape welcome to winter.
— Densey Clyne
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We as Aboriginal people still have to fight to prove that we are straight out plain human beings, the same as everyone else. You know,…
— Neville Bonner
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Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower…
— Judith Wright
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If you can imagine the one family continuously occupying the same land for 40,000 years or more, using it not just to sustain life but…
— Tania Major
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The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs…
— Sherwood Anderson
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The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a…
— Chief Seattle
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo
— Matsuo Basho
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Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
— Dogen
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You don't need candlelight and fireside glow to make Christmas happen. Trees, ornaments, gifts, and all of it are splendid embellishments. Not necessary, but so…
— Jack W. Hayford
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I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.
— Albert Einstein
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Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.
— William Langland
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