Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
There are some things, but not too many, toward which the countryman knows he must be properly respectful if he would avoid… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course.… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom,… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The most unhappy thing about conservation is that it is never permanent. Save a priceless woodland or an irreplaceable mountain today, and… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Listen to it, and you are hearing the mighty currents of the air rushing down the latitudes of the earth, currents from… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Nature seems to look after her own only up to a certain point; beyond that they are supposed to fend for themselves. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Nothing in nature is as simple as it sometimes seems when reduced to words. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Some people are like ants. Give them a warm day and a piece of ground and they start digging. There the similarity ends. Ants… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent more prime weekend hours… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the earth is… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
[The Christmas story] is as simple as was the Man himself and His teaching. SA simple as the Sermon on the Mount which still… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Any river is really the summation of a whole valley. It shapes not only the land but the life and even the culture of… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
There are some things, but not too many, toward which the countryman knows he must be properly respectful if he would avoid pain, sickness… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
There is a leisure about walking, no matter what pace you set, that lets down the tension. — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The earth's distances invite the eye. And as the eye reaches, so must the mind stretch to meet these new horizons. I challenge anyone… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
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