In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“A sweet gum tree is the chameleon of wood, it’s corky exterior hiding it’s inner ability to imitate anything from cherry to… — Katherine Allred Copy Share Image
And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust… — Bible Copy Share Image
“When she reentered the color-rich woods, she smelled human again, but not the farmer. No, it was surely Ashlynn Ella. Her scent… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Look: the trees exist; the houses we dwell in stand there stalwartly. Only we pass by it all, like a rush of… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The religion of our fathers overhung us children like the shadow of a mighty tree against the trunk of which we rested,… — Lucy Larcom Copy Share Image
“You don’t write a book when God called you to publish a library! You don’t plant a tree when God send you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“On my Tree of Paradise, I intend to put a border of snakes entwined; they will look like vines or just a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Between the dark, heavily laden treetops of the spreading chestnut trees could be seen the dark blue of the sky, full of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees and rain and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf transparent and then another. One bird chirped high up; there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“This is how the past interrupts our lives, all of it entering the same doorway--like the hole in the trunk of my… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
Stupid rock gods! Leo yelled from the helm. Thats the third time Ive had to replace that mast! You think they grow… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He was reaching that age, he was at the edge of it, when the world becomes suddenly more beautiful, when it reveals… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Cedar The cedar tree smells like the first crisp bite of spearmint chewing gum, refreshing, yet almost like medicine in its bitter.… — Kimberly Greene Angle Copy Share Image
Here in the trees it was much easier to believe the absurdities that embarrassed me indoors. Nothing had changed in this forest… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
My friend Jonathan had a great tree house. It was awesome. It was like a big fort up in this tall magnolia… — Eric Ladin Copy Share Image
“They dump their bulky backpacks, weighed down with tools, food, poisonous chemicals, plastic piping, and tents, and begin cutting trees and clearing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The only difference between nature and grace is this, that what the trees and the flowers do unconsciously, as they drink in… — Andrew Murray Copy Share Image
“A block or two west of the new City of Man in Turtle Bay there is an old willow tree that presides… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
The ideal job letter starts with a brilliant light. Then we realize that this brilliant light is actually sunlight, shafts of it,… — Timothy Morton Copy Share Image
The state mankind are in today, is the direct inheritance of the fruits from the 'Tree of Knowledge' of Good and Evil;… — Geraldine Vermaak Copy Share Image
“When you discover a beautiful tree with beautiful fruits, stop and pick the fruits, but don’t remain there, continue your walking till… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
“In a designed economy there would be no trees, or certainly no very tall trees: no forests, no canopy. Trees are a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Some species of trees spread root systems underground that interconnect the individual trunks and weave the individual trees into a more stable… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“IT IS STARTLING to think that all Europe once looked like this Puszcza. To enter it is to realize that most of… — Alan Weisman Copy Share Image
In the military it was camouflage for the desert or the winter. And now it's the duck hunting colors - I think… — Si Robertson Copy Share Image
“I take the long way home and circle the neighborhood. The leaves have started to fall and collect in small heaps under… — Julie Buxbaum Copy Share Image
“In the moonlight David saw that Thoresby had become very peculiar indeed. Figs nestled among the leaves of beech-trees. Elder-trees were bowed… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
For years I drove a big Ford F250 pickup. That was my ride because two-thirds of my work was wood work, and… — Nick Offerman Copy Share Image
The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed.… — Koji Nakanishi Copy Share Image
My wife, Daniela, and I live in an old house from 1810 with three fireplaces at the end of a dead-end dirt… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
We end up stumbling our way through the forest, never seeing all the unexpected and wonderful possibilities and potentials because we're looking… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
“Grief lingers, and the ache of loss; those things don't change. But seeping into every leaf, a little guilty burns away each… — Sean Stewart Copy Share Image
“The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a seven-hundred-thousand-dollar study to see if Alaskan trees are polluting Oregon forests. You can tell Republicans… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“That all plants immediately and substantially stem from the element water alone I have learnt from the following experiment. I took an… — Jan Baptist van Helmont Copy Share Image
Trees have a curious relationship to the subject of the present moment. There are many created things in the universe that outlive… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches,… — Kathleen Raine Copy Share Image
