“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.
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— Henry Ward Beecher
“When men disappear, the trees remain, immutable in the storm and the mad outfit of men. Let’s respect them, and take the time to question them: they are wise old men who have so many anecdotes to whisper to us...


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— Richard Melloul 2021
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

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— William Blake
““But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical.”
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— Carl Sagan
“I have always had a great liking for trees, and for tree trunks in particular. I like the bare trees in winter more perhaps than summer trees in full leaf. The trunks of trees have, for me, a connection with the human body – their limbs branch out like arms and legs from the trunk of a figure. For me, too, trees have a definite affinity with sculpture. The immobility of a tree, rooted in the ground, has the kind of stability that I like in sculpture.””
— Henry Moore
“ “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” 
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— John Muir

  • Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby

    Zulu proverb

  • ’A plant that is blessed by God will grow even in a dry season.’

    Ethiopian proverb

  • ‘The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life and activity; it affords protection to all beings.’

    Buddhist Sutra

  • ‘Here is a tree rooted in African soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of Afrika. Come and sit under its shade and become, with us, the leaves of the same branch and the branches of the same tree.’

    Quote sourc`robert Sobukwee