Quotes and Sayings about Forests

So many people today - and even professional scientists - seem to me like someone who has seen thousands of trees but has never seen a forest.

Forests are the world's air-conditioning system - the lungs of the planet - and we are on the verge of switching it off.

Even if one tree falls down it wouldn't affect the entire forest.

Our spirits need simple things, the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.

What I want is for the humans and the forest to live in peace!

Side? I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc. No one cares for the woods anymore.

What began as a common desire to secure wilderness for people to enjoy, has become a worldwide movement to preserve these areas for future generations. They're a place to escape the burdens of everyday life and an inspiration for our children. They're a haven for endangered species and a hotbed for scientific research.

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Nature has to be felt.

We are not to tell Nature what she's gotta be! She's clever. She's always got better imagination than we have.

We like to spend time in nature because it won't judge us.

For observing nature, the best pace is a snail's pace.

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

Nature gives so much more than it asks for in return.

Nature's my religion. Earth's my church. Loving every creature is my belief.

These creatures require our absence to survive, not our help. And if we could only step aside and trust in nature, life will find a way.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.

I'm very inspired by nature - you could say Mother Nature. I look at things around me and get all kinds of inspiration daily.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.

Nature doesn't need people - people need nature; nature would survive the extinction of the human being and go on just fine, but human culture, human beings, cannot survive without nature.

I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.

Everything that made that giant tree is already contained inside this tiny little seed. All it needs is some time, a little bit of sunshine and rain, and voilá!

No one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.

The axe forgets, but the tree remembers.

Rivers do not drink their own water. Trees do not eat their own fruit. And clouds do not swallow their own rain. What great ones have is always for the benefit of others.

On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.

A society grows great when old men plant trees the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people, that's it, the end.

This may sound strange, but although the blood of a carnivore runs through my veins, mushrooms are the one food that I can't give up. There are many species of edible mushrooms. Whether fresh or dried, they all give off a unique scent.

People are like mushrooms. First, you recognize the eye-catching ones, but they're often poisonous. You have to look longer for the good ones.

All mushrooms are edible, some only once.

A boy who won't be good might just as well be made of wood.

Colorado has always been a good place to find what you're made of.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Men mixing with women is like fire mixing with wood.

Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.

I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country.

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring.

Lady Eboshi: "What exactly are you here for?"
Prince Ashitaka: "To see with eyes unclouded by hate."

For it is easier to shout "stop!" than to do it.

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.