“Ancient trees are precious. There is little else on Earth that plays host to such a rich community of life within a single living organism.”

“There’s no substitute for an ancient tree … Big old trees are the “ keystone structures ” … on which many other species depend.”

“Street trees have long been symbols of status, wealth and prospering communities”

“Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish.”

“A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”

“Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.”

“Tree removal is always experimental and you can’t guarantee what effect it will have.”

“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.”

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”

“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”

“You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.”

“There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.”

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”

“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.”

“All our wisdom is stored in the trees”

“Finland is officially the world’s happiest country. It is also 75 per cent forest. I believe these facts are related.”