Quotes by Tree I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being. Martha Graham danceflowertree Man is like a tree. If you stand in front of a tree and watch it incessantly, to see how it grows, and to see how much it has grown, you will see nothing at all. But tend it at all times, prune the runners and keep it free of beetles and worms, and all in good time-it will come into its growth. It is the same with man: all that is necessary is for him to overcome his obstacles, and he will thrive and grow. But it is not right to examine him hour after hour to see how much has already been added to his stature. Martin Buber after-hourstreemen While an ant was wandering under the shade of the tree of Phaeton, a drop of amber enveloped the tiny insect; thus she, who in life was disregarded, became precious by death. Martial ambershadetree in the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. Markus Zusak afternoonbreadtree Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous. Martin Fleischmann scientisttreefacts One cannot in the nature of things expect a little tree that has been turned into a club to put forth leaves. Martin Buber clubstreelittles If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman Martin Buber rabbisoultree But it can also happen, if will and grace are joined, that as I contemplate the tree I am drawn into a relation, and the tree ceases to be an It. . . . Does the tree then have consciousness, similar to our own? I have no experience of that. But thinking that you have brought this off in your own case, must you again divide the indivisible? What I encounter is neither the soul of a tree nor a dryad, but the tree itself. Martin Buber gracetreethinking You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree. Martin Luther King, Jr. eviltreemean Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. Mark Twain lordhopetree Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there. Mahatma Gandhi yieldtreediscovery No other God have I but thee, born in a manger, died on a tree. Martin Luther borntheetree Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so. Mahatma Gandhi soulrootstree I was rather shaken by all the green trees. I always am. It gets me. I don't want to be funny about it but I am. I loved seeing all the westerns, but I had asthma and couldn't go anywhere, but I loved watching them in Technicolor and seeing the cowboys and the landscapes of Monument Valley and you'd see the forests of the Anthony Mann films and think, 'wow, that's fantastic', but I could never go there! Martin Scorsese cowboytreethinking Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths. Mahatma Gandhi faithtreenumbers I thought of my father's wisdom, as though it were buried in a box under a tree. As in the old song - a gold box with a silver pin. Some day I should be grown up, and I should dig up the box and turn the pin. Mary Butts treesongfather The talking oak To the ancient spoke. But any tree Will talk to me. Mary Carolyn Davies ancienttreetalking For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther earth-daynaturetree The fruits of the tree of Knowledge are various; he must be strong indeed who can digest all of them. Mary Elizabeth Coleridge strongtreeknowledge But the power of God cannot be so determined and measured, for it is uncircumscribed and immeasurable, beyond and above all that is or may be. On the other hand, it must be essentially present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf. Martin Luther leafsevolutiontree«6869707172737475767778»
