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  God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

  John Muir

  Nature, Sea, Tree

  John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings”, p.373, The Mountaineers Books

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• No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does

  George Bernard Shaw

  Trust, Nature, Men

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5804, e-artnow

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• Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tree, Environment, Ends

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.73, Harvard University Press

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• Plant trees, Lots of trees

  Al Gore

  Tree, Humanity, Plant

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• If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.

  Stephen Girard

  Tree, Making A Difference, Environmental

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• A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

  D. Elton Trueblood

  Kindness, Men, Garden

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• Let soldiers on manoeuvres plant trees. Give police and criminals a shovel and a thousand seedlings.

  John Wright

  Giving, Tree, Police

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• The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Knowing, Tree, Meaning Of Life

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• What does one plant who plants a tree? One plants the friend of sun and sky; One plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty towering high.

  Henry Cuyler Bunner

  Nature, Sky, Tree

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• You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

  Wangari Maathai

  Real, Future, Differences

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• If you see a lonely tree in the middle of nowhere, plant a tree next to it!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Lonely, Tree, Next

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• Even if we planted a tree on every square yard available in the planet by the end of the century we would only capture at most 10 percent of the CO2 we need to reduce. This does not mean that we should not plant trees; we should, for biodiversity's sake, and for our long-term future together with the other species.

  Graciela Chichilnisky

  Mean, Squares, Long

  "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.

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• There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. It argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature to have his strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. He who plants a tree looks forward to future ages, and plants for posterity. Nothing could be less selfish than this.

  Washington Irving

  Sweet, Strong, Selfish

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• I want to do the right things - I want to plant trees, I want to make sure that the indigenous forests are protected because I know, whatever happens, these are the forests that contain biodiversity, these are the forests that help us retain water when it rains and keep our rivers flowing, these are the forests that many future generations will need.

  Wangari Maathai

  Rain, Rivers, Water

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Children, Knowing, Expectations

  "British writer Christopher Hitchens dies". "PM", www.abc.net.au. December 16, 2011.

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• Those who plant trees plant hope.

  Lucy Larcom

  Garden, Tree, Plant

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• You have to be open to change. I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, You know, they're right, that's better. Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

  Martha Stewart

  Thinking, Yesterday, Tree

  "Power House". Interview with Emmie Twombly, www.seventeen.com. October 22, 2006.

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• If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

  Confucius

  Inspiring, Children, Years

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

  W. S. Merwin

  Tree, World, Want

  "Bill Moyers Journal" with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. June 26, 2009.

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• Whenever learners or those beyond learning awaken the mind, for the first time they plant one buddha-nature. Working with the four elements and five clusters, if they practice sincerely they attain enlightenment. Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. This is because the four elements and five clusters and plants, trees, fences and walls are fellow students; because they are of the same essence, because they are the same mind and the same life, because they are the same body and the same mechanism.

  Dogen

  Life, Wall, Essence

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• Whosoever plants a tree, Winks at immortality.

  Felix Dennis

  Tree, Immortality, Plant

  "Whosoever Plants A Tree". Poem by Felix Dennis, www.poemhunter.com.

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• If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their names on stone monuments, but would instead place the naked body in the earth and plant a tree above the silent heart.

  William Irwin Thompson

  Heart, Names, Tree

  William Irwin Thompson (1978). “Darkness and Scattered Light: Four Talks on the Future”, Anchor Books

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• To reap a return in ten years, plant trees. To reap a return in 100, cultivate the people.

  Ho Chi Minh

  Years, People, Tree

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• Time will come; we will plant trees to other planets! I see the orange trees and the cherries in the far lands beyond the earth.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Orange Trees, Land, Earth

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• A dog came to my door, so I gave him a bone, the dog took the bone into the back yard and buried it. I'm going to go plant a tree there, with bones on it, then the dog will come back and say, "Shoot! It worked! I must distribute these bones equally for I have a green paw!"

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Dog, Humor

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