Sapling Quotes

“The acorn does not know that it will become a sapling. The sapling does not remember when it was an acorn, and only dimly senses that it will become a mighty oak. The oak recalls fondly when it was a sapling, loves being a mighty oak, and joyfully creates new acorns.”
― J. Earp

“The Seed must survive”
― Hayden Pearton

“Defining various disciplines is a form of creative restraint, binding down natural, outbranching development.

The concept of philosophy is broad. A great many ideas can be found within the love of seeking. It's intended meaning should be synonymous with curiosity. Before the rise of specific fields such as medicine, [in the mediterannean] medicine was a branch stretching around theology and philosophy. The 'love of uncovering' gives birth to specialization and that same force continues in every branch with the same or similar intensity as in the roots and the stem.

A tree should not be restrained, limited, heavily defined. Let it grow freely, unrestrained, limitless, without weight.

Curiosity, is not a field - it may lead to new fields, or improvements therein.

It's not much different from saying a woman should be [exactly] in this way, a man in that way, or a child in this way. It leads to creative authoritarianism, and is a threat to the free growth, cooperation and expansion of various fields.

It's not always necessary to set things in stone.”
― Monaristw

“Growing plants from seeds
is slow, but it's a quiet romance.
The moment they sprout,
peeking over the soil,
it feels like life
unfolding in the light.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Slipping into another world