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Tree Quotes by Laozi
- A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.
- A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from…
- The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound…
- A tree as wide as a man's embrace grows from a tiny shoot.
- The rigid tree will be felled.
- All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.
- Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken.
- 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…
- If lightning is the anger of the gods, then the gods are concerned mostly about trees.
- The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like…
- A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; A terrace nine stories high rises from level earth;…
More Tree Quotes
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- 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