John Muir

No traveler, whether a tree lover or not, will ever forget his first walk in a sugar-pine forest. The majestic crowns approaching one another make a glorious canopy, through the feathery arches of which the sunbeams pour, silvering the needles and gilding the stately columns and the ground into a scene of enchantment.

American Environmentalist

Anita Brookner

You can never betray the people who are dead, so you go on being a public Jew; the dead can't answer slurs, but I'm here. I would love to think that Jesus wants me for a sunbeam, but he doesn't.

English Historian

George Porter

I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy. If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.

English Scientist

John Burroughs

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

American Author

Neil Peart

I sang the hymns, and I read the Bible stories, but I was always perplexed, like, 'Really? Jesus wants you for a sunbeam? For a what?

Canadian Musician

John Dryden

If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.

English Poet

Noel Coward

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.

English Playwright

Robert Southey

It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.

Hosea Ballou

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

American Clergyman

Francis of Assisi

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

Italian Saint

Use 'sunbeam' to create a vivid picture of a natural, sunny scene in the reader's mind.

Natural Imagery

'Sunbeam' often conveys a sense of warmth and happiness in literature and descriptive writing.

Emotional Warmth

Sunbeams often symbolize something beautiful but temporary, when used metaphorically.

Transient Phenomenon

Be aware that 'Sunbeam' can indicate a specific brand, not just a general item.

Brand Identification

'Sunbeam' in a commercial context suggests reliability, as brands often are associated with quality.

Product Expectation

When related to the Salvation Army, 'Sunbeam' indicates a youth group, emphasizing innocence and learning.

Youth Organization

Knowing 'Sunbeam' here relates to the Salvation Army gives context to its use in religious or social service discussions.

Cultural Association

Using 'Sunbeam' in the automotive sense refers to a specific historical line of British cars.

Historical Reference

'Sunbeam' cars are often mentioned when discussing classic or vintage vehicles, suggesting rarity and value.

Classic Connotation

 inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every superstar, every supreme leader, every saint and sinner in the history of our species, lived there, on a mote of dust, suspended in a sunbeam. It's been said that astronomy's a humbling

Why we need the...

 Anyway, that little dot there, if you haven't seen this before, this photograph is called the Pale Blue Dot, and that dot in that sunbeam is us, that's Earth. That was taken from 3.7 billion miles away

After the Avalanche:...

 You think you're getting it? Yang is harder, stronger, brighter, and faster, but one can turn into the other or are two sides of the same coin. The sunbeams are yang in comparison to the shadows.

The hidden meanings of...

 daydreaming regularly about running alongside a sunbeam to the edge of the universe now I have no idea what that image has to do with math and science but it worked for him because he allowed

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