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Tree Quotes by Annie Dillard
- I have since only rarely seen the tree with the lights in it. The vision comes and goes, mostly goes, but I live for it,…
- The morning woods were utterly new. A strong yellow light pooled beneath the trees; my shadow appeared and vanished on the path, since a third…
- Trees have a curious relationship to the subject of the present moment. There are many created things in the universe that outlive us, that outlive…
- There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go…
- Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things of creation. By…
- So the Midwest nourishes us [...] and presents us with the spectacle of a land and a people completed and certain. And so we run…
- Nature is, above all, profligate. Don't believe them when they tell you how economical and thrifty nature is, whose leaves return to the soil. Wouldn't…
- I am a frayed and nibbled survivor in a fallen world, and I am getting along. I am aging and eaten and have done my…
- It is difficult to undo our own damage, and to recall to our presence that which we have asked to leave. It is hard to…
More Tree Quotes
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- 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
- 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
- For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman
- The gods made the earth for all men t' share. Only when the kings come with their crowns and steel swords, they… — George R. R. Martin
- On the afternoon of October 19, 1899, I climbed a tall cherry tree and, armed with a saw which I still have,… — Dr Robert H Goddard
- The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. — Teresa of Avila