Forests Quotes

“If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods.”

“It’s hard to see the forest when you’re a tree.”

“Wikipedia: Forests”

“A true forest is not merely a storehouse full of wood, but, as it were, a factory of wood.”

“For a moment the forest seemed a deep green sea, storm-tossed and heaving, eternal and unknowable.”

“Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.”

“Both (Eoghan) Daltun and (Ray) Ó Foghlú argue that we consider barren mountain a normal part of the Irish landscape. It isn’t. The mountains should be covered in rainforest.”

“As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged on the shingly beach of a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.”

“I very much lament for what has happened to the groves in Madhura. The coconut trees have all been cut and in their place are to be seen rows of iron spikes with human skulls dangling at the points.”

“A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The Athshean word for world is also the word for forest.”

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

“When you talk about plants, or an ecological system or forest, things are very easy if you decide that bad people ruined it. But that's not what humans have been doing. It's not bad people who are destroying forests.”

“He (Sikandar) offered up suitable thanksgivings for his success, and the royal troops spoiled and plundered in all directions, rooting up all the trees of the gardens which shaded Dhulpur to the distance of seven kos.”

“These be God's fair, high palaces,
Walled with fine leafy trellises,
Interstarred with the warm and luminous azure;
Sunlights come laughing through,
And rains and honey-dew
Scatter pale pearls at every green embrasure.”

“They pursued the enemy to the gates and set everything on fire. They burnt down all those gardens and groves. That paradise of idol-worshippers became like hell. The fire-worshippers of Bud were in alarm and flocked round their idols…”

“Build your nest upon no tree here, for ye see that God hath sold the forest to death; and every tree whereupon we would meet is ready to be cut down, to the end we might flee and mount up, and build upon the Rock, and dwell in the holes of the Rock”

“But when on shore, and wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude ever imagined, I enjoy a delight which none but those who have experienced it can understand. If it is to be done, it must be by studying Humboldt.”

“I do not count the hours I spend
In wandering by the sea;
The forest is my loyal friend,
A Delphic shrine to me.”

“The Emperor, within a short time, reached Udaipur and destroyed the gate of Dehbari, the palaces of Rana and the temples of Udaipur. Apart from it, the trees of his gardens were also destroyed.”

“This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.”