Quotes about trees
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„If melodiously piping flutes sprang from the olive, would you doubt that a knowledge of flute-playing resided in the olive? And what if plane trees bore harps which gave forth rhythmical sounds? Clearly you would think in the same way that the art of music was possessed by plane trees. Why, then, seeing that the universe gives birth to beings that are animate and wise, should it not be considered animate and wise itself?“
— Zeno of Citium ancient Greek philosopher -334 - -263 BC
As quoted in De Natura Deorum by Cicero, ii. 8.
„Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should not be without it. Learning is not only reading books, however, but is rather something that we study to integrate with our own way of life.
One who is born into the house of a warrior, regardless of his rank or class, first acquaints himself with a man of military feats and achievements in loyalty, and, listening to just one of his dictums each day, will in a month know 30 precepts. Needless to say, if in a year he learns 300 precepts, at the end of that time he will be much the better.
Thus, a man can divide his mind into three parts: he should throw out those thoughts that are evil, take up those ideas that are good, and become intimate with his own wisdom… I would honor and call wise the man who penetrates this principle, though he lacks the knowledge of a single Chinese character. As for those who are learned in other matters, I would avoid them regardless of how deep their knowledge might be. That is how shallow and untalented this monk is.“
— Takeda Shingen Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period 1521 - 1573
William Scott Wilson, Gregory Lee. Ideals of the Samurai: Writings of Japanese Warriors, 1982. p 95
„I'm trying to remember what I felt about a certain cypress tree and I feel if I remember it, it will last me quite a long life.“
— Joan Mitchell American painter 1925 - 1992
In 'Art News', April 1965, p. 63; as quoted in in The Paintings of Joan Mitchel, ed. Jane Livingstone, Joan Mitchell, Linda Nochlin, p. 26
1950 - 1975
„If I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned — if I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods, who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and trees?“
— Stephen Crane, book The Open Boat
Pt. VI
The Open Boat (1894)
Source: The Open Boat and Other Stories
„The importance of oaks both in the economy and in the forest ecosystem is big, but the exceptional part is that this tree plays in the old beliefs and legends.“
— Marek Żukow-Karczewski Polish historian, journalist and opinion journalist 1961
Oak - the king of the Polish trees, "Aura" 9, 1988-09, p. 20-21. http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-72dccf88-5430-4d92-8617-9f550865d9b9?q=1dac2329-67be-4b51-b5b3-4554b1ebe953$15&qt=IN_PAGE
„Each flower her son, and every tree her daughter.“
— Vita Sackville-West English writer and gardener 1892 - 1962
"The Island", in Bulletin of the Garden Club of America (1929), p. 1, also in Collected Poems (1934), p. 54
Context: She walks among the loveliness she made,
Between the apple-blossom and the water—
She walks among the patterned pied brocade,
Each flower her son, and every tree her daughter.
„There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.“
— Bob Ross American painter, art instructor, and television host 1942 - 1995
„Jnana marga is like Ramphal. Bhakthi marga is like Sitaphal (custart apple), easy to deal with and very sweet. The pulp of Ramphal is inside and difficult to get at. Ramphal should ripen on the tree and plucked ripe, If it falls down it is spoilt. So if a Jnani falls, he is ruined. Even for a Jnani there is the danger of a fall, i. e., by a little negligence or carelessness.“
— Sai Baba of Shirdi Hindu and muslim saint 1835 - 1918
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„A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.“
— William Blake English Romantic poet and artist 1757 - 1827
„Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.“
— Molière French playwright and actor 1622 - 1673
„If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.“
— Mahmoud Darwich Palestinian writer 1941 - 2008
„You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.“
— Malcolm X American human rights activist 1925 - 1965
„I've been 15 years in the nut ward, for trying to stop the trees from being cut down, from trying to rearrange the lifestyle of a bunch of people who don't want to change. But they're gonna change because a cold wind is blowing. You're gonna change or else there's going to be no life left on the planet Earth.“
— Charles Manson American criminal and musician 1934 - 2017
Interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJHq2aN9tYE by Penny Daniels (1989)
„If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.“
— Maggie Stiefvater American writer 1981
The Raven Cycle Series, The Raven Boys (2012)
