Charles Hanson Towne famous quotes

I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent Are quiet trees and the green listening sod; Hushed are the stars, whose power is never spent; The hills are mute: yet how they speak of God!
-- Charles Hanson Towne

#Stars #Tree #Listening

Indeed we do not really live unless we have friends surrounding us like a firm wall against the winds of the world.
-- Charles Hanson Towne

#Friendship #Wall #Wind

Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end.
-- Charles Hanson Towne

#Friends #Cities #Corners

I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, after the day's great sun.
-- Charles Hanson Towne

#Valentines Day #Falling In Love #Eye

We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?' 'Supposing it didn't,' said Pooh after careful thought. Piglet was comforted by this.

A tree full of ripened fruits bows down naturally, because of the weight of the fruits and its willingness to make its fruits accessible to others.

Behind the man is the Tree of Life, bearing twelve fruits, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is behind the woman; the serpent is twining round it.

Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil.

When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.

When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.

I'm a bit of an insomniac. I go to bed at 5am because I get caught up in watching TV or listening to music at night.

The best way to deal with excessive thinking is to just listen to it, to listen to the mind. Listening is much more effective than trying to stop thought or cut it off.