Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.
A. Whitney Brown
Forests are the lungs
Forests are the lungs of our land. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tree Planting
On a certain day,
On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one’s responsibilities, serves one’s fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all. Dalai Lama
A man has made
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. D. Elton Trueblood
If a tree dies,
If a tree dies, plant another in its place. Carl Linnaeus
Spraying to kill trees
Spraying to kill trees and and raspberry bushes after a clear-cut merely looks unaesthetic for a short time, but tree plantations are deliberate ecodeath. Yet, tree planting is often pictorially advertised on television and in national magazines by focusing on cupped caring hands around a seedling. But forests do not need this godlike interference… Planting … Read more
Love the trees until
Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. Backseat Goodbye
A man does not
A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity. Alexander Smith
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
Plants are the young
Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men, and seem to bemoan their imprisonment, rooted in the ground. Ralph Waldo Emerson