“A man is seated on top of a tree in the midst of a burning forest. He sees all living beings perish.… — Lord Mahāvīra Copy Share Image
It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel… — Christopher Alexander Copy Share Image
“Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Hermione looked far and far and George was a midge and a leaf was the size of a house and an acorn-cup… — H.D Copy Share Image
“God has given you the principle and the power to make permanent changes in your life and circumstances. Once you learn how,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You know the way trees break through the canopy in the rainforest and they go from having this tiny column of light… — John Collison Copy Share Image
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests… — Herman Hesse Copy Share Image
“They cleared swiftly, dramatically, like a stage set or a movie; we went from black to stunning blue, the day emerging at… — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
My time is always divided when I prepare for a wire walk. First I dream, technically and artistically, and then I go… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
We need to go back to our relationship with nature and understand that those trees are our lungs. The earth is recycling… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“As I sit, my back leaning against a damp, moss-covered tree trunk, my eyes sweeping the canopy above, my ears straining to… — Birute M.F. Galdikas Copy Share Image
Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
'The difficulty with this conversation,' said Arthur after a sort of pondering look had crawled slowly across his face like a mountaineer… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“ One day is not enough to watch a tree, one life is not enough to love a tree. I wonder when… — Karthikeyan V Copy Share Image
Think about how long it took for the mountains to get there and look so beautiful. Think about how long it takes… — Daphne Zuniga Copy Share Image
Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover.… — Alan Cohen Copy Share Image
“The trail of lime trees outside our building is still a public loo. …where else are they supposed to go to the… — Sarah Turnbull 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
“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
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
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
“...the summer of the gypsy moths when all the trees in their yard were bare, the leaves chewed by caterpillars. You could… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
It was a morning of ground mist, yellow sunshine, and high rifts of blue, white-cloud-dappled sky. The leaves were still thick on… — Flora Thompson Copy Share Image
Our testimonies, like . . . trees, must be built on a sure foundation, deeply rooted in the gospel of Jesus Christ,… — Sheldon F. Child Copy Share Image
“I hiked up a path and into the woods, thinking about what I should be thinking about and almost having a real… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“We were in the autumnlands. Dim as it was, the forest glowed. The golden leaves flashing by blazed like sparks caught in… — Margaret Rogerson Copy Share Image
“Slowly, fresh sunbeams poured into the emerald canyon, illuminating their narrow path between the rusted rails. Because of the din of the… — John D. Lukacs Copy Share Image
“Although we experience our nonphysical levels of self as potential, they are also functional in our lives. An acorn is a potential… — Shepherd Hoodwin Copy Share Image
“Towering pines and hemlocks, was it? I thought, clambering over the burled knots of a fallen tree. The monstrous trunks rose so… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
