Bears Quote by Nathaniel Cotton

“Mine is a most peaceable disposition. My wishes are: a humble dwelling with a thatched roof, but a good bed, good food, milk and…

— Heinrich Heine

“I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and cry, ‘Tis all barren—and so it is; and so is all the…

— Laurence Sterne

“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in…

— Buddha

The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and…

— Kate Douglas Wiggin

I had always found comfort in the leaves, in their silence. They were like a parchment that holds words of wisdom. Simply holding them…

— Silas House

May my life be like a great hospitable tree, and may weary wanderers find in me a rest.

— John Henry Jowett

Calm soul of all things! make it mine To feel, amid the city's jar, That there abides a peace of thine, Man did not…

— Matthew Arnold

“The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the dance with…

— Patsie Smith

“I have friends wherever there are clusters of trees, stricken but not defeated, which have come together with touching perseverance to offer a common…

— Marcel Proust

You shall be my roots and I will be your shade, though the sun burns my leaves. You shall quench my thirst and I…

— Mark Z. Danielewski

“Be like the tree that will never falter. Despite its fallen leaves, it withstands the chill of winter, yearning for the warm spring sunshine…

— Mouloud Benzadi

My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief, Are mine…

— Lord Byron