"Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." ― Rabindranath Tagore Topic(s): Nature More From Rabindranath Tagore "Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree." "By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower." "The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence." More In Nature "If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God."― Reinhold Niebuhr "I never knew any Jews until I got into show business. I’ve found them to be real smart and good workers."― Loretta Lynn "Nature is something outside our body, but the mind is within us."― Bhumibol Adulyadej