“People aren't trees, so it is false when they speak of roots.”

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”

“Labels confine as much as they define. Remember that when you discuss people and preferences. Likes and dislikes speak of who you aren't, too.”

“Why do people say trees are majestic?" --- "Because they've earned it. After a sapling's roots take hold, they spread out to give it strength. Then, unstoppable, those roots continue to grow, and after years of withstanding rain, hail, snow and every other environmental disaster you can imagine, it has a root system stretching as wide as the tree is tall in every direction. Take this one," he said tilting his head back & gazing up at her penny tree. "If you could dig up all the roots, they'd probably fill our town's swimming pool. These trees are humbling because we're so much weaker as human beings, so flawed in comparison.”

“When you look at a tree, se it for its leafs, its branches, its trunk and the roots, then and only then will you see the tree”

“When I die, she said, I am coming back as a tree with deep roots and I'll wave my leaves to the children every morning on their way to school & whisper tree songs at night in their dreams. Trees with deep roots know about the things that children need.”