God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, Ah! – Joseph Campbell
He that planteth a tree is a servant of God, he provideth a kindness for many generations, and faces that he hath not seen shall bless him. – Henry Van Dyke
Now forest will be my church, here I can serve God… – Immi Hellen, Finnish poet
If I were a mystic, I would join to a religious sect worshipping big trees as materializations of God. – Pentti Holappa, Finnish writer
Every forest is God’s garden, a fallen leaf, a life lived. – Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
Poems are made by
fools like me,
But only God can make a tree. – Joyce Kilmer
Plants, and especially big trees and green meadows, give us spiritual power, which we can receive and use. Why are they so full of power? Because God’s own power fills them without meeting any resistance from their part. – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer, aphorist