“"What is a human being, then?"…
"A seed."
"A … seed?"
"An acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself in growing into a tree."”

“Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than a dot.”

“And we saw the seed,
The minuscule Sequoia seed
In the museum by the tremendous slab
Of the tree. And imagined the seed
In soil and the growth quickened
So that we saw the seed reach out, forcing
Earth thru itself into bark, wood, the green
Needles of a redwood until the tree
Stood in the room without soil—
How much of the earth's
Crust has lived
The seed’s violence!
The shock is metaphysical.”

“All work is as seed sown; it grows and spreads, and sows itself anew.”

“Can someone eat the fruit that comes from the tree of action that grows from the seeds of your mind?”

“The mind understands something only insofar as it absorbs it like a seed into itself, nurtures it, and lets it grow into blossom and fruit. Therefore scatter holy seeds into the soil of the spirit.”

“A seed is small in size. But it carries in its womb leaves, flowers, fruits, nay even the whole tree. The human brain is very much like a seed. It may not have a great shape and size. But it traps within itself endless possibilities. It is a fountainhead of thoughts and promises that can be fulfilled.”

“So the stimulus didn't just waste your money; it planted the seeds from which the poisonous tree of death panels will grow.”

“The snake that can't peel off its skin can't grow. The soul is trapped inside the body; just like a tree inside a seed.”

“If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.”