All things Quote by Laozi

When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are…

— Laozi

The dry grasses are not dead for me. A beautiful form has as much life at one season as another.

— Henry David Thoreau

The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry.

— Laozi

In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

— John Muir

Even trees do not die without a groan.

— Henry David Thoreau

Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the…

— John James Ingalls

Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“In the rain forest, no niche lies unused. No emptiness goes unfilled. No gasp of sunlight goes untrapped. In a million vest pockets, a…

— Diane Ackerman

What is life, but the gentle effacement of a tree shedding its leaves?

— Christian Harrison

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope ever upward towards consciousness; the trees are imperfect men,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Like water spilt upon the ground--alas, Our little lives flow swiftly on and pass; Yet may they bring rich harvests and green grass!

— Henry Van Dyke

“What do these forests make you feel? Their weight and density, their crowded orderliness. There is scarcely room for another tree and yet there…

— Emily Carr