Quotes by Tree Watch the unending activity of the flowing stream or the growing tree. See the breakers of the ocean, the unceasing movements of the earth, the planets, the sun and the stars. All creation is life, movement, work. Maria Montessori oceanstarstree Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach thistlesyoungtree I stand on the corner, pretending I am a tree. Margaret Atwood pretendingcornerstree The East contemplated the forest the West counted the trees...the mind that knows that trees and the forest is a new mind. Marilyn Ferguson eastmindtree Like a fierce wind roaring high up in the bare branches of trees, a wave of passion came over me, aimless but surging . . . I suppose it's lust, but it's awful and holy like thunder and lightning and the wind. Marion Milner passiontreewind When you see the trees swaying to the tune of a gentle breeze... think of it as a dance in your honor. Marjolein Bastin humanitytreethinking Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes the difference and prepares oneself - it is extraordinarily brave. Because when it comes to certain human miseries, the only witnesses should be the pavement and maybe the trees. (Gareth van Meer) Marisha Pessl differencesbravetree I'm not going to be some kind of PC, tree-hugger. Marilyn Manson kindtree The horse could not do without Manhattan. It drew him like a magnet, like a vacuum, like oats, or a mare, or an open, never-ending, tree-lined road. Mark Helprin oatshorsetree Do you know why the leaves change colour?... Before a tree sheds a leaf it pumps it full of all the poison it can't rid itself of otherwise. That red there--that's a man's skin blotching with burst veins after an assassin spikes his last meal with roto-weed. The poison spreading through him before he dies. Mark Lawrence weedtreemen All religions were, at bottom, one, though they differed in detail and outward form like the leaves on a tree. Mahatma Gandhi detailstreereligion All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency. Mahatma Gandhi branchestreereligion On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds. Mark Tobey pavementtreeworld Everything is important. To the smallest insect, even the mouldering tree, the deepest stone in the drift. Marlene van Niekerk importantstonestree Please, shun darkness, and like trees, always seek to grow toward the light. Marlin K. Jensen lightdarknesstree Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponent will do it for you. Mark Twain hilariousopponentstree I don't think that any law enforcement got in trouble for the event in Eugene where police sprayed the tree-sitters who were protesting the cutting of the trees for the parking garage. Marshall Curry cuttingtreethinking The spine is the tree of life. Respect it. Martha Graham spinedancetree What the trees can do handsomely-greening and flowering, fading and then the falling of leaves-human beings cannot do with dignity, let alone without pain. Martha Gellhorn paintreefall You have to be open to change. I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, You know, they're right, that's better. Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees. Martha Stewart yesterdaytreethinking«6768697071727374757677»
