Tree Quotes

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This / is the use of trampolines / I will remember, the broken sunlight / Coming through the trees in a strange / Land, and… — Gerard Woodward
The first guy who came up with the concept of religion was sitting out under a tree. I'm sure of that. — Tom T. Hall
Human life and objects and trees vibrate with mysterious meanings, which can be deciphered like cuneiform writing. There exists a meaning, hidden from day to… — Adam Zagajewski
The proper education of the young does not consist in stuffing their heads with a mass of words, sentences, and ideas dragged together out of… — John Amos Comenius
Of all created things the source is one, Simple, single as love; remember The cell and seed of life, the sphere That is, of child,… — Kathleen Raine
Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. — Osbert Sitwell
When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft… — Laozi
Still others make gardens because it is part of a full life. To live happily they must invest their hours and aspirations in the activities… — Richardson Wright
Spend your brief moment according to nature's law, and serenely greet the journey's end as an olive falls when it is ripe, blessing the branch… — Marcus Aurelius
Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also, was sacred. Peasants… — Larry Gates
And on the Tree of Life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant. — John Milton
Under the spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man. — Homer
Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters,… — Dogen
We are dying, we are dying, piecemeal our bodies are dying and our strength leaves us, and our soul cowers naked in the dark rain… — D. H. Lawrence
Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has… — Rabbi Akiva
In the streets of New York between seven and nine in the morning you will see the slow procession of dog and downer proceeding from… — John Steinbeck
God wrote His loveliest poem on the day He made the first silver poplar tree, And set it high upon a pale-gold hill For all… — Grace Noll Crowell
There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and… — Benjamin Hoff
It's common to say that trees come from seeds. But how can a tiny seed create a huge tree? Seeds do not contain the resources… — Peter Senge

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