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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The...

What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.

Quote by Edward Abbey about purpose

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn...

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about knowledge, sadness, life

We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the...

We are sinful not merely because we have eaten of the tree of knowledge, but also because we have not eaten of the tree of life.

Quote by Franz Kafka about sin, knowledge, life

Never worry about the falling tree branch with your name...

Never worry about the falling tree branch with your name on it. Instead, worry about the falling tree addressed, To whom it may concern.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade, worry, name

Friendship is a sheltering tree

Friendship is a sheltering tree

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about friendship

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and...

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about water

I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree.

Quote by Colin Firth about reason

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall...

We are separated from God on two sides; the Fall separates us from Him, the Tree of Life separates Him from us.

Quote by Franz Kafka about god, fall, life

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the...

It was not the apple on the tree but the pair on the ground that caused the trouble in the garden.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, garden, problems

There's never a tree around when you're stuck in the mud.

There's never a tree around when you're stuck in the mud.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cars, contentment

The end begins to grow from means as the tree germinates...

The end begins to grow from means as the tree germinates from seed.

Quote by Mahatma Gandhi about end

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to...

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about greatness, man

Why are we a shadow and not a great tree? Why when we think we are spring, reality shows us we are a late autumn? Because of the fact that God is the Unique Accidental one, is the Primary Event, and everything that follows him is an Intended...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about temptation, god, events, autumn, spring, shadow, destiny, reality, truth, things

If my body were a tree trunk, the inner rings would...

If my body were a tree trunk, the inner rings would surely begin to reveal the time it has had to mature.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about age, body, time

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to...

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Quote by Martin Luther about opinion, world

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all...

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson about opinion, ancestors

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

Quote by Khalil Gibran about love, life

The willow tree plays the water like a harp.

The willow tree plays the water like a harp.

Quote by Ramon Gomez de la Serna about poetry, water

The one who did not understood that his time's root...

The one who did not understood that his time's root supports his life tree was born in vain.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about time, life

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, ...

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

Quote by Bruce Lee about opinion

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