Rivers do not drink their own water. Trees do not eat their own fruit. Clouds do not swallow their own rain. What great ones have is always for the benefit of others. (Traditional Proverb)
Like two golden birds perched on the selfsame tree, intimate friends, the ego and the Self dwell in the same body. The former eats the sweet and sour fruits of the tree of life while the latter looks on in detachment. As long as we think we are the ego, we feel attached and fall into sorrow. But realize that you are the Self, the Lord of life, and you will be freed from sorrow. When you realize that you are the Self, supreme source of light, supreme source of love, you transcend the duality of life and enter into the unitive state. (Traditional Proverb)
It is the nature of the ego to take, and the nature of the spirit to share. (Traditional Proverb)
It is only the tree loaded with fruit that the people throw stones at (Traditional Proverb)
If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. (Traditional Proverb)
When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. (Traditional Proverb)
To teach one must know the nature of those whom one is teaching. (Traditional Proverb)
To cultivate trees, you need 10 years. To cultivate people, you need 100 years. (Traditional Proverb)
Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root. (Traditional Proverb)
The seed includes all the possibilities of the tree. The seed will develop these possibilities, however, only if it receives corresponding energies from the sky. (Traditional Proverb)
The plum tree, dwindling, contains less of the spring But the garden is wider, and holds more of the moon. (Traditional Proverb)