The cultivation of trees is the cultivation of the good, the beautiful, and the ennobling in man, and for one, I wish to see it become universal.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.
He plants trees to benefit another generation.
The tree has been always an allegory for spiritual growth.
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
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.
With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It's made up of pioneers, the beginners. That's where the action is.
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.
I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection.
Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Like people, trees are all individuals.