“I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.” “To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.”
Should you shake the tree when the fruit falls?
I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Time and tide wait for no man. The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.
What does Mary Cassatt say about shaking the tree?
Mary Cassatt – I think that if you shake the tree, you… I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up. Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Time and tide wait for no man.
What are some of the best quotes about trees?
“Trees are your best antiques.” “This oak tree and me, we’re made of the same stuff.” “A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.” “Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root.” “Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”
What is a tree poem?
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” “Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” “People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.” “A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”
What does it mean to be poor and have trees?
“To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.” “At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest.
