I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.
Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. "You eat this apple; you're going to be as smart as God. " We can't have that.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man.
How many Zen masters does it take to screw in a light bulb? The plum tree in the garden!
If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.
Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated specimens than man is as a marooned sailor or hermit.
I will be gone from here and sing my songs In the forest wilderness where the wild beasts are, And carve in letters on the little trees The story of my love, and as the trees Will grow letters too will grow, to cry In a louder voice the story of my love.
There is something so perfect about the mountains and the lake and the trees. . . sometimes I want to tear it all to pieces.
The world is a dangerous place, full of people who don't trust each other. This is why I am staying up in this tree.
From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo
You know what they say, the high trees get the wind.
The chestnut's proud, and the lilac's pretty, The poplar's gentle and tall, But the plane tree's kind to the poor dull city - I love him best of all.
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves.
We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.
Let soldiers on manoeuvres plant trees. Give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings.
Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest. " And the boy did. And the tree was happy.
I saw The Revenant, and they were calling Native Americans "tree niggers," and that is not cool.
His hands slipped from his throat, and he crashed to the ground like a tree falling. "Oh, dear," said Pangborn, gazing at the fallen body of his comrade with fastidious distaste. "How unpleasant.
There are many ways to inspire healing of the earth, all relating to the tree truth that everything is interconnected. We ourselves are trees. Each time we see a tree, outside us or within us, we can remember that they reflect the truth. Something deeply rooted, something with a strong trunk, something that sweeps the sky.