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Trees Quotes by Thomas Merton
- But it certainly is a wonderful thing to wake up suddenly in the solitude of the woods and look up at the sky and see…
- Grains of error planted innocently in a well-kept greenhouse can become giant poisonous trees.
- The sky is my prayer, the birds are my prayer, the wind in the trees is my prayer, for God is all in all.
- You have got me walking up and down all day under those trees, saying to me over and over again, "Solitude, solitude." And You have…
- Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn't already been said better by the wind in the pine trees.
- Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one is…
- By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The sky seems to be a pure,…
- No writing on the solitary, meditative dimensions of life can say anything that has not already been said better by the wind in the pine…
More Trees Quotes
- We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling forests to… — Diane Ackerman
- I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to… — David Bailey
- What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to… — Russell Baker
- The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I… — Douglas Adams
- Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead… — Gerry Adams
- Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. — Dave Barry
- The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. — Henry Ward Beecher
- What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing… — Henry Ward Beecher
- I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees,… — Wendell Berry
- Spring beckons! All things to the call respond; the trees are leaving and cashiers abscond. — Ambrose Bierce
- I like indoor Christmas trees. And I like people who decorate their homes with lights and all that crap. I think it's… — Lewis Black
- Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top. — Orlando Bloom