“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?”Walt Whitman
Trees Quotes
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Trees Quotes
Read 23 famous trees quotes from great authors, with links to more quote topics.
"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."Rabindranath Tagore
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
Kahlil Gibran
"Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop."Rumi
"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."
Hal Borland
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth."
Hermann Hesse
"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing."
Wangari Maathai
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."
Joyce Kilmer
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
Wangari Maathai
"For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers."
Hermann Hesse
“Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.”Rabindranath Tagore
“I speak for the trees.”
Dr. Seuss
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.”
Joyce Kilmer
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.”
Hermann Hesse
“Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky.”
Kahlil Gibran
“I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree.”
Ogden Nash
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.”
William Blake
“Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place.”
Douglas Adams
“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season.”
The Bible (Psalm 1:3)
“And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba.”
The Bible (Genesis 21:33)
“He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.”
The Bible (Isaiah 44:14)
“The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them.”
The Bible (Judges 9:8)
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
Kahlil Gibran