Nature Monk Sayings

[MadGrady]

So I am building a Wood Elf Monk of the Four Elements, with the outlander background. He will be tuned to the heart of nature blah blah blah.

One of his flaws that I wrote for him is that he constantly uses nature proverbs to explain his reasoning. The flaw comes in that they usually make no sense (for our group, this works, so just roll with it lol)

I would love to have a stock of basically pointless nature idoms/proverbs handy so I am reaching out to you, you wonderful forum community you, to help me build that library :)

These are the ones I have already:

Nature draws stronger than seven oxen.

Even ill-natured cows give milk.

Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes

Once a tree falls, the monkeys on it will scatter

Even the tiniest bird can fly to great heights

The gentle stream slowly wears down the rock

All we are is dust in the wind

So what other sayings could I add to this library?

aaaaaaaaaand go :)

[GWJ_DanyBoy]

You might find one or two in here (http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Nature%27s_Prophet_responses).

[MadGrady]

Excellent resource. Thank you!

[noce]

Translated italian sayings:

Unrained water awaits in the sky. (to mean that an event will occur, sooner or later)

Bygone water no longer drives the mill. (an old event, even if important, isn't helpful anymore)

Straw fires last little. (unimportant things have little impact)

If every bird knew wheat, bread wouldn't be baked anymore. (to explain why not every PC is a wizard, lol)

Even ants sometimes cough. (when someone with little authority talks)

A sated pig overturns the trough. (people don't appreciate what they don't need)

When cat leaves, rats dance. (self explanatory)

Do not disturb a sleeping dog. (self explanatory)

A sleeping fisherman eats bait. (you succeed only if you commit)

[Gritmonger]

You could just imitate "The Sphinx" from Mystery Men.

[JFahy]

http://www.quotegarden.com/nature.html

Bonus points for speaking in haiku:
https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3125026/1/Simple-Nature-Haikus

And, off topic, more bonus points if the haiku are about spam.
http://web.mit.edu/jync/www/spam/archive.html
One day I was reading this collection in the computer lab upstairs,
and got to the point where I had stopped laughing and was just
silently bouncing in my chair with tears running down my face
from the cumulative effect of all the silliness.

[MadGrady]

I love all of you.

I knew I came to the right place

[burninatortrog]

Here are few from my favorite zen master (https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/23358.D_gen):

When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring.

Do not view mountains from the scale of human thought.

Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning.

In a snowfall that covers the winter grass a white heron uses his own whiteness to disappear.

Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains.

The inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains.

In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.

What is Reality? An icicle forming in fire.

Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water.