"Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing Embraceable You in spats."

Allen, Woody | Animals | 4 bookmarks

"A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods."

Henri, Robert | Methods | 1 bookmarks

"Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees."

Marriott, J. Willard | Growth | 3 bookmarks

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."

Blake, William | Nature | 3 bookmarks

"We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the others, without the tree."

Casals, Pablo | Humankind | 4 bookmarks

"I said to the almond tree, Friend, speak to me of God, and the almond tree blossomed."

Kazantzakis, Nikos | Power | 2 bookmarks

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

Lincoln, Abraham | Character | 4 bookmarks

"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."

Proverb, English | Love | 2 bookmarks

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong."

Churchill, Winston | Solitude | 10 bookmarks

"The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."

Lincoln, Abraham | Reality | 3 bookmarks