I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
Orhan Pamuk (My Name is Red)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!
Nature & Environment, Creation, RainA Bug's Life, by FlikNo one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.
Lula da SilvaRivers 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.
Clouds, RiversDays Gone, by RikkiOn the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.
W. S. MerwinA 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.
SelflessnessAnne in After LifeWe believe the trees should remain where they do best. In the woods, in the ground. Alive.
Elves, Season 1 Episode 1Our spirits need simple things, the smell of fresh-turned earth and the ancient music of wind among the trees.
ForestsEdwin Way TealeSomeone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
SafetyWarren BuffettGod has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
Conservation & Environment ProtectionJohn Muir