Stone Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old stone quotes, stone sayings, and stone proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The world is full of interesting things. We live on 10 inches of topsoil. All plant life is nourished by it. Below is rock. If the topsoil blows away, all vegetables and trees will die. U.C. Berkeley Library
Standing barefoot on a smooth glacial rock by the sea at sunset, and sensing the warmth of the sun-heated stone through one's soles, is an extraordinarily healing experience, making one part of the eternal cycle of nature. Hatherleigh
I know of no sculpture, painting or music that exceeds the compelling spiritual command of the soaring shape of granite cliff and dome, of patina of light on rock and forest, and of the thunder and whispering of the falling, flowing waters. Hatherleigh
If there is a rock where a tree is growing, the tree simply grows around the rock. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
If there is a stone in the path of a tiny ant, the ant just walks around the stone and continues on its way. Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi