Friday, 8 November 2013

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now - Dambisa Moyo, Zambian economist

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking - Wangari Maathai (1940 - 2011), environmental activist, first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004

He that plants trees loves others besides himself - English proverb

Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees - John Willard Marriott

The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future - Archbishop Desmond Tutu

We can only truly be civilised people when we have regular and meaningful contact with the wild world - Simon Barnes, Wild Notebook, The Times (31.12.2011)

As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate - Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs addressing Copenhagen COP15 UN conference (13 December 2009)

The best friend of earth and 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

Trees are your best antiques - Alexander Smith

Trees give peace to the souls of men - Nora Waln (1895-1964)

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful - Alice Walker

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence - Hal Borland

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver - Martin Luther, reformer and teacher (1483 - 1546)

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