Quotes by Tree As the twig is bent the tree is inclined. George Ade twigseducationtree To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? George Berkeley philosophicaltreefall It's like the time capsule with everything in it. Or like the seed that when you plant it, becomes the enormous tree with leaves and fruit. Everybody was in that little seed, and so everything can open. The tree of dance is like that. It just takes a long, long time to blossom. George Balanchine dancetreelong But, say you, surely there is nothing easier than for me to imagine trees, for instance, in a park [. . .] and nobody by to perceive them. [...] The objects of sense exist only when they are perceived; the trees therefore are in the garden [. . .] no longer than while there is somebody by to perceive them. George Berkeley parksgardentree Destroy the man of wicked thoughts, Like a bamboo-tree with its fruit. Gautama Buddha eviltreemen You can't replace a tree anyway. Like people, you don't know how big they were till they're gone. George Ella Lyon gonetreepeople Seasonal changes, as it were, take place in history, when there is practically an almost universal death, a falling of the foliage of the tree of life. Such were the intervals between the ancient and mediaeval time, the mediaeval and the modern. George Edward Woodberry ancienttreefall Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself. George Gaylord Simpson understandingfiretree To put it crudely but graphically, the monkey who did not have a realistic perception of the tree branch he jumped for was soon a dead monkey-and therefore did not become one of our ancestors. George Gaylord Simpson treesciencedeath Who ever lives looking for pleasure only, his senses uncontrolled, immoderate in his enjoyments, idle and weak, the tempter will certainly overcome him, as the wind blows down a weak tree. Gautama Buddha blowtreewind When an office begins to look like a family tree, you'll find worms tucked away snug and cheerful in most of the apples. George Horace Lorimer applesofficetree For the forest to be green, each tree must be green. George Harrison greenforeststree The Lord is in everything that's in creation. So, when you look at a tree, it's really a reflection of God. You see it in other people - that's him too, you know? George Harrison reflectiontreepeople A tree is our most intimate contact with nature. George Nakashima naturehumanitytree There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man George Nakashima treemenmean All religions are branches of one big tree. George Harrison branchestreereligion When trees mature, it is fair and moral that they are cut for man's use, as they would soon decay and return to the earth. Trees have a yearning to live again, perhaps to provide the beauty, strength and utility to serve man, even to become an object of great artistic worth. George Nakashima cuttingtreemen God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees. George Peele godtreewind The stars are golden fruit upon a tree all out of reach. George Eliot goldenstarstree The improvement of forest trees is the work of centuries. So much more the reason for beginning now. George Perkins Marsh improvementforeststree«3031323334353637383940»
