"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence." ― Hal Borland Topic(s): Patience More From Hal Borland "You can’t be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet." "A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart." "The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason." More In Patience "We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future."― King Hussein I "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come."― Robert H. Schuller "Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy."― Margaret Thatcher