Tree Quotes

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The first time I lay actual eyes on the real David Lynch on the set of his movie, he's peeing on a tree...Mr. David Lynch,… — David Foster Wallace
The fruits of the tree of Knowledge are various; he must be strong indeed who can digest all of them. — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is… — Henry Ward Beecher
It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day; the sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich and golden livery which… — Washington Irving
Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgment Day, they were the only sinners who didn't get… — Jodi Picoult
Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze. — Samuel Johnson
In the same way as the tree bears the same fruit year after year, but each time new fruit, all lastingly valuable ideas in thinking… — Albert Schweitzer
What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder… — Jean Genet
The heart's affections are divided like the branches of the cedar tree; if the tree loses one strong branch; it will suffer but it does… — Khalil Gibran
In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this… — Dogen
Adults can take a simple holiday for Children and screw it up. What began as a presentation of simple gifts to delight and surprise children… — Erma Bombeck
In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not… — Tertullian
I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in… — Audrey Hepburn
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. — Jacques Deval
What I know is like the leaves on that tree; what I teach is only a small part. But I offer it to all with… — Gautama Buddha
A person is quite different from a tree or rock or stream. By introducing the nude into my pictures, I started perceiving all the things… — Wynn Bullock
Trees and fields tell me nothing: men are my teachers. — Plato
In snowbound, voiceless, mountain depths, to herald spring, pine trees sound in tune. — Princess Shikishi
The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food,… — Gautama Buddha
Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and… — Gautama Buddha

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