“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.”

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

“He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.”

“Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.”

“We can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.”

“Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.”