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In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others — John Muir
The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees. — Theodore Roosevelt
Outward beauty is a true sign of inner goodness. This loveliness, indeed, is impressed upon the body in varying degrees as a token by which… — Baldassare Castiglione
Contrary to what you may assume, I am not a pessimist but an indifferentist- that is, I don't make the mistake of thinking that the...… — H P Lovecraft
The nature of the place...whether high or low, moist or dry, whether sloping north or south, or bearing tall trees or low shrubs...generally gives hint… — John James Audubon
Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water… — Luther Burbank
It seemed a strange thing to him, when earth was earth and rain was rain, that scrawny pines should grow in the scrub, while by… — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless. — Theodore Roosevelt
I have enjoyed the trees and scenery of Kentucky exceedingly. How shall I ever tell of the miles and miles of beauty that have been… — John Muir
Few are altogether deaf to the preaching of pine trees. Their sermons on the mountains go to our hearts . . . — John Muir
A bulger of a place it is. The number of the ships beat me all hollow, and looked for all the world like a big… — Davy Crockett
A Murmur in the Trees - to note - Not loud enough - for Wind - A Star - not far enough to seek -… — Emily Dickinson
Two days ago we waded through the mud out to this grave beneath the pines at the foot of the hill to place a Christmas… — Eugene O'Neill
The groves and thickets of smaller trees are full of blooming evergreen vines. These vines are not arranged in separate groups, or in delicate wreaths,… — John Muir
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I… — Dylan Thomas
Gigantic second and third growth trees are found in the redwoods, forming magnificent temple-like circles around charred ruins more than a thousand years old. — John Muir
They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees. — John Greenleaf Whittier
Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in… — Will Rogers
We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build a fire, we… — Will Rogers
A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used that they cannot… — Theodore Roosevelt
Any fool can destroy trees. They cannot run away; and if they could, they would still be destroyed-chased and hunted down as long as fun… — John Muir
Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees Who, hopeless, lays his dead away, Nor looks to see the breaking day… — John Greenleaf Whittier
A continent ages quickly once we come. The natives live in harmony with it. But the foreigner destroys, cuts down the trees, drains the water,… — Ernest Hemingway
Hasidism has a tradition that one of man's purposes is to assist God in the work of redemption by "hallowing" the things of creation. By… — Annie Dillard
They took all the trees and put them in a tree museum. — Joni Mitchell

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