Athens Quote by Colin Tudge

“consider," replies the geomancer, "--adam and eve ate fruit from a tree, and were enlighten'd. the buddha sat beneath a tree, and he was…

— Thomas Pynchon

Trees are the largest and most spiritually advanced plants on Earth. They are constantly in meditation. Subtle energy is their natural language.

— Mantak Chia

Trees are extraordinary revelations of the spirit in nature. And, given the multitude of ways that trees and their products benefit and enrich human…

— Steven Clark Rockefeller

In the woods I find things that are spiritual, redemptive, and worthy of contemplation.

— Steven Rinella

It's hard to talk about it without sounding like a hippie. But trees are really inspiring to me. They're like the masters of the…

— King Tuff

I like to think of thoughts as living blossoms borne by the human tree.

— James Douglas

What did the earth teach the trees? How to speak to the sky.

— Pablo Neruda

To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.

— Russell Page

I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this…

— Willa Cather

Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a…

— Satish Kumar

“Single trees are extraordinary; trees in number more extraordinary still. To walk in a wood is to find fault with Socrates's declaration that 'Trees…

— Robert Macfarlane

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not…

— Hermann Hesse