Ancient civilizations Quote by Raigon Stanley

In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The trees were like black skeletons reaching to the sky, pleading with their bony arms for the sun to get stronger.”

— J.R. Ward

“A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be…

— Wangari Maathai

We are faced with having to learn again about interdependency and the need for rootedness after several centuries of having systematically-and proudly-dismantled our roots,…

— Paul L Wachtel

“For every field planted and grown, for every tree rekindled from their rotting root beds, comes that ancient instinct, that hunger for acceptance, for…

— T.S. Tate

“Why do people say trees are majestic?" --- "Because they've earned it. After a sapling's roots take hold, they spread out to give it…

— Holly Kennedy

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

— Martha Graham

“Good historians...have the future in their bones”

— Edward Hallett Carr

our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory

— Charles Bukowski

“Don’t believe tree-huggers who claim that our ancestors lived in harmony with nature”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The deeper the roots the higher the tree”

— Manuel Corazzari

“The bones are hard and by themselves seem dead and stony, but by rooting into and pulling against the skeleton, the rest of the…

— Orson Scott Card