Accepting Quote by Ming-Dao Deng

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

A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those…

— Gautama Buddha

Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots?

— Pablo Neruda

It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into…

— Simone Weil

The forest conserves humidity, resists the hurricane and helps the soil to be fertile. But what makes a tree strong is its roots. And…

— Anonymous

A tree is made to live in peace in the color of day and in friendship with the sun, the wind and the rain.…

— Jacques Roumain

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…

— Brian Swimme

A tree is like a saint. It calls no one to itself, nor does it send anyone away. It offers to protect everyone who…

— Anandamayi Ma

A tree is a thought, an obstruction stopping the flow of wind and light, trapping water, housing insects, birds, and animals, and breathing in…

— Gretel Ehrlich

Whatever you keep hidden in your heart, God manifests in you outwardly. Whatever the root of the tree feeds on in secret, affects the…

— Rumi

The main part of the tree is the root, and the root is always beneath the ground. It never is brought out into the…

— Malcolm X

You do not explain the tree by telling of the water it has drunk, the minerals it has absorbed, and the sunlight that strengthened…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery