Forest Quotes

858 quotes by 612 authors

Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds… — E. O. Wilson
Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs, which… — Dian Fossey
This single Stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected Corner, I once knew in a flourishing State in a Forest: It was… — Jonathan Swift
... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open… — David Hume
Over all the mountain tops is peace. In all treetops you perceive scarcely a breath. The little birds in the forest are silent. Wait then;… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Except witnessing, I don't teach anything else. So just witness your mind and the meditation will be happening. And once you have got in tune… — Rajneesh
I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama… — Yvonne Strahovski
Basically there are two types of animals: animals, and animals that have no brains; they are called plants. They don't need a nervous system because… — Rodolfo Llinas
Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by the very movements… — Mikhail Lomonosov
When a smile touches our hearts. When the forest stills us to peace. When music moves us to rapture. When we really love, laugh or… — Dorothy Maclean
Forests and trees make significant direct contributions to the nutrition of poor households ... [as] rural communities in Central Africa obtained a critical portion of… — Frances Ford Seymour
Once the forest has been removed and the swamp starts being drained, that organic matter begins to oxidise and give off continuing emissions. It's sort… — Frances Ford Seymour
My sense is that the most under-appreciated-and perhaps most under-researched-linkages between forests and food security are the roles that forest-based ecosystem services play in underpinning… — Frances Ford Seymour
These are the forgeries of jealousy; And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain… — William Shakespeare
That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this… — Michael Berryman
Like the great white pines whose roots grow shallow under the forest floor, they are the first to fall in a storm; so is society… — Jean Charest
Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win. — David Zippel
We do not live in a time when knowledge can be extended along a pathway smooth and free from obstacles, as at the time of… — Heinrich Burkhardt
Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain — Sun Tzu
To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it,… — George Berkeley

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