(1334 quotes found)
“A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.”
John Muir
“The wrongs done to trees, wrongs of every sort, are done in the darkness of ignorance and unbelief, for when the light comes,the heart of the people is always right.”
“Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.”
George Carlin
“Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?”
Alice Walker
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
Mother Teresa
“Go green. Think green. Act Green. Get up, stand up. Living on the Green is free and good planets are hard to find.”
Lily Chatterjee
“On a tree by a river a little tomtit / Sang `Willow, titwillow, titwillow.'”
William S. Gilbert
“Oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree, when did you get so freakin expensive?”
Cadir Lampe
“The preponderance of our failures were tree-related.”
David McDonald
“Christmas trees are like church steeples”
Matt Maldre