Quotes by Tree In November, the trees are standing all sticks and bones. Without their leaves, how lovely they are, spreading their arms like dancers. They know it is time to be still. Cynthia Rylant dancerlovelytree A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it. Cyrano de Bergerac treemenneeds Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree. Cyril Connolly epitaphgreentree Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Czeslaw Milosz weary-travelergraintree Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose. Czeslaw Milosz treelyingreality Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror. D. H. Lawrence alivecitiestree I never knew how soothing trees are-many trees and patches of open sunlight, and tree presences; it is almost like having another being. D. H. Lawrence sunlightnaturetree The trees down the boulevard stand naked in thought, D. H. Lawrence wintertreelong The Brangwens had lived for generations on the Marsh Farm, in the meadows where the Erewash twisted sluggishly through alder trees, separating Derbyshire from Nottinghamshire. D. H. Lawrence generationstreebook Humanity is less, far less than the individual, because the individual may sometimes be capable of truth, and humanity is a tree of lies. D. H. Lawrence humanitytreelying Imitate the magnificent trees that speak no word of their rapture, but only breathe largely the luminous breeze. D. H. Lawrence breathespeaktree Here man is no longer the center of the world, only a witness, but a witness who is also a partner in the silent life of Nature, bound by secret affinities of the trees. Dag Hammarskjold secrettreemen A tree with strong roots can withstand the most violent storm, but the tree can't grow roots just as the storm appears on the horizon. Dalai Lama strongrootstree According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not born in the royal palace but in a park, under a sala tree. He attained complete enlightenment under the bodhi tree and left this earth to enter Parinirvana, again, between three sala trees. It would seem that the Buddha was very fond of trees. Dalai Lama royal-palacesenlightenmenttree On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one's responsibilities, serves one's fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all. Dalai Lama responsibilitytreeyears I was always the class clown and got kicked out of class at least once a day for just being a goofball. Not suspended or anything, just sit outside and look at the tree on the bench. I got benched a lot. You keep one foot on the bench and try to get as far away as possible. Damon Wayans, Jr. feetclasstree What's the matter?'' She immediately started laughin. ''What's the mattter? Everything is the matter! Rocks! Trees! Atoms! Even anteaters! Everything is the matter! Dan Brown atomsrockstree Man is nature as much as the trees. Dan Kiley treemen Santa Claus has nothing to do with it," the latke said. "Christmas and Hanukah are completely different things." "But different things can often blend together," said the pine tree. "Let me tell you a funny story about pagan rituals. Daniel Handler differenttogethertree But the world did not match the picture in my head, and instead I was with a strange, uncombed person, overlooking a sea without water and a forest without trees. Daniel Handler seatreewater«1516171819202122232425»
