Tree Quotes - Page 34
When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.
Alice Walker (1997). “Possessing the Secret of Joy”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
Character is like a tree, and reputation is like its shadow.
Abraham Lincoln, Anthony Gross (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”
Yasmine Galenorn (2011). “Totem Magic: Dance of the Shapeshifter”, p.183, Crossing Press
William Ernest Henley (2015). “A Selection of Poems”, p.141, Read Books Ltd
Virginia Woolf (2007). “Selected Works of Virginia Woolf”, p.693, Wordsworth Editions
Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1733, Delphi Classics
A nation, like a tree, does not thrive well till it is engraffed with a foreign stock.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). “The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.47, North Atlantic Books
Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Waldo Emerson, Waldo Emerson Forbes (1910). “Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed”