Inspirational Tree

Our faith gives us

Our faith gives us knowledge of something better. E. F. Schumacher

Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees. E. F. Schumacher

I was raised by

I was raised by the song Of the murmuring grove And loving I learned Among Flowers. Friedrich Holderlin

I am the Lorax.

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues. Dr. Seuss

If a tree dies,

If a tree dies, plant another in its place. Carl Linnaeus

Suburbia is where the

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. Bill Vaughan

Acts of creation are

Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know how. To plant a pine, for example, one need be neither god nor poet; one need only own a shovel. Aldo Leopold

Who leaves the pine-tree,

Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The wonder is that

The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trees are the earth’s

Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore