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Tree Quotes by Alice Oswald
- I stood looking down through the beech trees. When I threw a stone I could count to five before the splash. Then I jumped in…
- A dead tree, cut into planks and read from one end to the other, is a kind of line graph, with dates down one side…
- A living tree is a changing, sleeve shape, a wet, thin, bright green creature that survives in the thin layer between heartwood and bark. It…
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- Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree… — Frederick Lenz
- A Bird Sitting On The Branch Of A Tree Doesnt Get Frightened By The Shaking Branch, Because The Bird Trusts Not The… — Ritu Ghatourey
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila
- When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause… — Al Alvarez
- Thoughts can create such a barrier that even if you are standing before a beautiful flower, you will not be able to… — Rajneesh
- Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud,… — Benoit Mandelbrot