Poland
"Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life."
- Hermann Hesse, Wandering
Borneo
"The best friend of earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the earth."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Morocco
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
- Nelson Henderson
Germany
"The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scotland
"Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel."
- Aldo Leopold
Argentina
"It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Mexico
"Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does."
- George Bernard Shaw
China
"If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees."
- Khalil Gibran
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