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“There are no borders in bonsai. The dove of peace flies to palace as to humble house, to young as to old, to rich and poor. So does the spirit of bonsai.”

Bonsai Dove Of Peace Spirit Of Bonsai

Author:John Yoshio Naka

“Sentiment is for those who don't know what to do next.”

Knows Next Sentiments Bleach Bonsai

Book:Burger's Daughter

Source: Burger's Daughter

“Bonsai won the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006and it's easy to understand why.”

Years Easy Novel Critics Awards Chileans Best Novel Bonsai

Author:Jonathan Messinger

“I have a pet lizard named Puff, five goldfish - named Pinky, Brain, Jowels, Pearl and Sandy, an oscar fish named Chef, two pacus, an albino African frog named Whitey, a bonsai tree, four Venus flytraps, a fruit fly farm and sea monkeys.”

Two Brain Five Four Tree Sea Fruit Fishes Pet Farms Oscars Chef Monkeys Pearls Frogs Venus Puff Sandy Lizards Goldfish Fruit Flies Bonsai Superstorm Sandy

Author:Chris Pratt

“To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate. Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds. Only society never gave them a base to grow on.”

People Grows Perfect Poor Tree Flower Six Plant Seeds Soil Tall Pot Inches Poor People Inadequate Replica Bonsai

Book:Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

Source: Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

“Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong in their seeds. Simply, society never gave them the base to grow on. All it needs to get the poor people out of poverty for us to create an enabling environment for them. Once the poor can unleash their energy and creativity, poverty will disappear very quickly.”

People Needs Energy Grows Poor Poverty Creativity Environment Seeds Disappear Poor People Enabling Bonsai

Author:Muhammad Yunus

“Our brains are like bonsai trees, growing around our private versions of reality.”

Reality Brain Growing Tree Versions Bonsai

Author:Sloane Crosley

“The bonsai is not you working on the tree; you have to have the tree work on you”

Author:John Naka

“The object is not to make the tree look like a bonsai, but to make the bonsai look like a tree.”

Looks Tree Objects Bonsai

Author:John Naka