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“Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest.”

Tree Missing Forests Leafs

Author:Takuan Soho

“The evening wind made such a disturbance just now, among some tall old elm-trees at the bottom of the garden, that neither my mother nor Miss Betsey could forbear glancing that way. As the elms bent to one another, like giants who were whispering secrets, and after a few seconds of such repose, fell into a violent flurry, tossing their wild arms about, as if their late confidences were really too wicked for their peace of mind.”

Source: The Personal History of David Copperfield ... With Frontispiece by H. K. Browne

“Like a tree, a woman can't carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she'll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.”

Trying Two Joy Bits Struggle Tree Missing Promise Seasons Weight Violent

Author:Lysa TerKeurst

“The attendant on William Rufus, who discharged at a deer an arrow, which glanced against a tree and killed the king, was no murderer, because he had no such design. And, on the other hand, a man who should lie in wait to assassinate another, and pull the trigger of a gun with that intent, would be morally a murderer, not the less though the gun should chance to miss fire.”

Men Should Hands Would Be Lying Waiting Chance Fire Tree Missing Design Kings Gun Motive Murderer Arrows Triggers Deer

Book:Introductory Lessons on Morals, and Christian Evidences

Source: Introductory Lessons on Morals, and Christian Evidences

“Watch out for trees and traffic. The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.”

Mistake Watches Tree Missing Impact Traffic

Author:Janet Macunovich

“I'm sort of a cavedweller: I miss my house, my yard, my kitchen, my wife. The trees. When I get home, I like to get down into my office neighborhood as soon as I can.”

I Can Home House Wife Tree Missing Office My Wife Kitchen Neighborhood Yards

Author:John Darnielle

“If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it's just about getting the outline of the forest.”

Ifs Trying Littles Would Be Tree Missing Details Drawing Forests Outlines

Author:Jeff Koons