“The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short.” YearsCountryBeautifulLife IsCultureTreeSignificanceRemindersCherriesBeauty Of LifeFragilityJapanese CultureCherry Blossom Author:Homaro Cantu
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” PeopleLovePastHappinessCultureFriendshipFamilyKnowledgeRelationshipTreeTravelRootsCultural HeritageKnowledge And IgnoranceTree Of KnowledgeUseful KnowledgeKnowledge Of The PastWealth Of Knowledge Author:Marcus Garvey
“Childbirth takes place at the intersection of time; in all cultures it links past, present and future. In traditional cultures birth unites the world of 'now' with the world of the ancestors, and is part of the great tree of life extending in time and eternity.” WorldPastCultureTreeBirthEternityTraditionalLinksAncestorChildbirthExtendingPast PresentPast Present And FutureIntersectionsTree Of Life Author:Sheila Kitzinger
“It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces briers and pines. It is the same with man; if he is not virtuous, he becomes vicious.” IfsMenCultureTreeProduceFlowerFruitCoveredVirtuousGrainViciousFruit Trees Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I too acknowledge the all-out omnipotence of early culture and nature; hereby we have either a doddered dwarf-bush, or a high-towering, wide-shadowing tree! either a sick yellow cabbage, or an edible luxuriant green one. Of a truth, it is the duty of all men, especially of all philosophers, to note down with accuracy the characteristic circumstances of their education,--what furthered, what hindered, what in any way modified it.” MenWayCultureEducationTreeDutyCircumstancesSickGreenNotesPhilosopherWideAcknowledgeCharacteristicsYellowAccuracyDwarfsOmnipotenceDwarvesCabbage Author:Thomas Carlyle
“What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery?” IfsBodyFallCultureGrowsLosesNiceTreeProveFruitMaturityProductiveLazinessDecayNeglectedCrookedVigorUsageDebauchery Author:Plutarch
“When I first encountered the poems of Jon Woodward, I was stunned into the state that is my life's joy-I was in the presence of the inimitable. Uncanny Valley extends that experience-almost into another dimension. These apocalyptic, pixilated poems forge a mythology of our ravaged culture, one that might have been written in the future. If you want poetry to give you a persimmon on a plate, look elsewhere; if you want to know what happens when seven trees fall on the highway and the story is told by a stutterer, this is the book, and it could only have been written by Woodward.” IfsKnowsWantGivingFirstsLooksHas BeensBookStatesStoriesMightHappensJoyFallCultureWrittenTreeSevenMythologyDimensionsValleysElsewherePlatesMight Have BeenHighwaysApocalypticStunnedUncanny Author:Mary Ruefle
“Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to centuries of dynastic marriage, the family tree of every royal house is an ethnic grab bag with something for everybody. We need this badly; America is the only country in the world where you can suffer culture shock without leaving home. We can't go on much longer depending upon disasters like Pearl Harbor and the Iranian hostage-taking to "bring us together.” PeopleWorldNeedsCountryHomeGovernmentAbleTogetherAmericaFormSufferingCultureHouseTreeCenturyGoes OnOffersAdvantageLeavingDisasterThanksShockBagsPearlsRoyalHarborsMonarchyForms Of GovernmentIranianHostageHereditaryLeaving HomeCulture Shock Book:Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye Source: Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye
“Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which the Sacred Tree does not figure: as an image of the cosmos, as a dwelling place of gods or spirits, as a medium of prophecy and knowledge, and as an agent of metamorphoses when the tree is transformed into human or divine form or when it bears a divine or human image as its fruit or flowers.” KnowsHumansDoeEarthFormSpiritCultureTreeFiguresDivineFlowerBearsSacredFruitMediumsSymbolsAgentsCosmosTransformedProphecyDwellingMetamorphosisDwelling Place Author:Christopher McDowell