Quotation by

William Ellery Channing

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

Smile

Understanding this quote AI Analysis

People often find it foolish when someone harms a tree just to get its fruit, but they do the same thing when they rush too much to enjoy pleasure. This shows that impatience can lead to damaging the very source of what we want to enjoy.

More by this author

All quotes by William Ellery Channing →

More quotes about Smile

See all →

In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in a…

My friends and family, especially my mom and dad, are always saying I should smile more.

Beautiful isle of the sea, Smile on the brow of the waters.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.

Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our …