Perspective of Trees
"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."
-Albert Schweitzer
-Albert Schweitzer
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"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.
Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."
-Hal Borland
"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky."
-Amelia Earhart
"Trees are sanctuaries.
Whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth."
-Herman Hesse
"I never saw a discontented tree.
They grip the ground as though they liked it,
and though fast rooted
they travel about as far as we do."
-John Muir