Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.
Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.
Their language has been lost.
But not the gestures.
Tags: perception roots nature speech secret secrets trees tree listen attention speaking bark root tree-parable hearing gestures hear paying-attention
You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree.
Malcolm XTags: roots hatred racism origins
When a tree is polled, it will sprout new shoots nearer its roots. A soul that is ruined in the bud will frequently return to the springtime of its beginnings and its promise-filled childhood, as though it could discover new hopes there and retie the broken threads of life. The shoots grow rapidly and eagerly, but it is only a sham life that will never be a genuine tree.
Hermann HesseTags: roots soul youth maturity hermann-hesse beneath-the-wheel
People aren't trees, so it is false when they speak of roots.
Tom RobbinsTags: roots
It’s too bad war gets all the attention; it’s too bad the plant is easier to see than the root.
Cameron ConawayHe should have seen this coming, but he hadn't. Of course she wouldn't want to move back to Wynette after everything that had happened to her there. But what about his family, his friends, his roots, which stretched so deep into that rocky soil he'd become part of it?
Susan Elizabeth PhillipsHome's where you go when you run out of homes.
John le CarréTags: roots home homecoming homelessness anchoring attachment belonging
Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence.
Criss JamiTags: humor politics friendship roots religion human-nature beliefs sense-of-humor best-friends association personality-types types factions
Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.
Criss JamiTags: life inspirational learning roots freedom spiritual journey growth flying adventures divine grow traveling experiences
The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man.
Milan KunderaTags: life roots humanity philosophy nature human-condition nurture
« first previous
Page 2 of 4.
next last »
Data privacy
Imprint
Contact
Diese Website verwendet Cookies, um Ihnen die bestmögliche Funktionalität bieten zu können.