Colton (1780-1832) We cannot think too highly of nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.
Jon Wynne-Tyson We must develop a better sense of responsibilty towards our total environment ...
Chief Seattle Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together … all things connect." Kahlil Gibran Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness.