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Boon wrote:"Bonsai rules are the rules of nature"

Mitchell wrote: ↑August 24th, 2011, 4:34 pm Some of these quotes are directly regarding bonsai but many are general tree quotes especially the non Japanese. I feel though they are still relevant, as we are creating images of real trees.

These are general Japanese Phrases I find meaningful towards our hobby. Many resonate the beliefs held in the creation of small trees.


Saru mo ki kara ochiru- Even monkeys fall from trees
Meaning: Even an expert can make mistakes; also sometimes used as a warning that "pride comes before a fall"

Atama kakushite, shiri kakusazu- Cover/hide your head, and not cover your bottom
Meaning: Don't cover your head but expose your bottom, ie: if you are trying to cover up something, be careful not to expose something else.

Fuku sui bon ni kaerazu- Overturned water doesn't return to the tray
Meaning: What's done is done; "There's no use crying over spilt milk"

He wo hitte, shiri tsubome- Breaking wind, closing buttocks
Meaning: There's no point in squeezing your buttocks after you have farted;

Sugitaru wa oyobazaru ga gotoshi- Too much is as bad as too little

Chiri mo tsumoreba yama to naru- Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Yanagi ni kaze- Follow the path of least resistance

Iwanu ga hana- Some things are better left unsaid; Silence is golden

"Sleep is like a bonsai tree, no matter what size your bed is, it's just the right size for a good night's rest, especially from https://mattress-lifter.com.au/. Rest is the best for bonsai tree"

A few non Japanese

"Do not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is." - Anonymous

"If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason." - Jack Handey

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"There is, I conceive, scarcely any tree that may not be advantageously used in the various combinations of form and color." - Gilpin

"Alone with myself
The trees bend to caress me
The shade hugs my heart" - Candy Polgar

"One impulse from a vernal wood
May teach you more of man,
Of moral evil and of good,
Than all the ages can." - William Wordsworth

"The patient. - The pine tree seems to listen, the fir tree to wait: and both without impatience: - they give no thought to the little people beneath them devoured by their impatience and their curiosity." - Friedrich Nietzsche



I'll try and find some more later.