Carriages Quote by John Burroughs

A plant needs roots in order to grow. With man it is the other way around: only when he grows does he have roots…

— Eric Hoffer

As a farmer, man himself became closely attached to the landscape, firmly rooted to the soil that supported him. At times the soil seemed…

— Charles Kellogg

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

— Woodrow Wilson

“My roots are firmly planted in the glory of nature. The soil beneath my feet heartens each step.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“The soil, it appears, is suited to the seed, for it has sent its radicle downward, and it may now send its shoot upward…

— Henry David Thoreau

Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of nature are turned to discords.

— George Perkins Marsh

“The King sat down and I noticed that a brood of small transparent roots grew from the soles of his feet. 'Yes, I am…

— Leonora Carrington

It is very rare to find ground which produces nothing; if it is not covered with flowers, with fruit trees and grains, it produces…

— Jean de la Bruyere

When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

— John Muir

“Soil is earth’s barefoot and when we walk barefoot, two barefoot touches each other with love!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

All man has to do is cooperate with the big forces, the sun, the rain, the growing urge. Seeds sprout, stems grow, leaves spread…

— Hal Borland

The grower of trees, the gardener, the man born to farming, whose hands reach into the ground and sprout, to him the soil is…

— Wendell Berry