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Tree Quotes - Page 34

When the ax came into the forest the trees said the handle is one of us.

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”

In trees, I see expression and soul

Vincent van Gogh (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)”, p.1733, Delphi Classics

If you believe in the soul, do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect.

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”