“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.” PersonsSoulConsciousnessResponsibilityTreePositionHumilityDutyConsciousResponsibleFruitHumbleAgentsGrassKrishnaDischargeGreat SoulsGreat Responsibility Author:A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
“If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our children and our children's children to perform at once, it is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element in the conservation of the natural resources of this country.” IfsFirstsChildrenImportantCountryNaturalTreeDutyElementsResourcesOur ChildrenForestsConservationNatural Resources Book:Presidential addresses and state papers Source: Presidential addresses and state papers
“I too acknowledge the all-out omnipotence of early culture and nature; hereby we have either a doddered dwarf-bush, or a high-towering, wide-shadowing tree! either a sick yellow cabbage, or an edible luxuriant green one. Of a truth, it is the duty of all men, especially of all philosophers, to note down with accuracy the characteristic circumstances of their education,--what furthered, what hindered, what in any way modified it.” MenWayCultureEducationTreeDutyCircumstancesSickGreenNotesPhilosopherWideAcknowledgeCharacteristicsYellowAccuracyDwarfsOmnipotenceDwarvesCabbage Author:Thomas Carlyle
“The man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all his torments under the friendly shade of every tree; and experience pleasures as infinite as they are varied, as pure as they are lasting, as lively as they are unfading, and as compatible with every public duty as they are contributory to private happiness.” MenMayBookHandsReadingForgetPleasureTreeHe ManDutyPureInfiniteRichesLuxuryFriendlyLastingShadeTormentBosomsGrandeurLivelyCompatible Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“Why had such a promising world been crucified on the tree of obligation, thorned by duties, hanged by hypocrisy, smothered by customs?” WorldTreeDutyObligationHypocrisyCustoms Author:Richard Bach
“It is humankind's duty to respect all life, not only animals have feelings but even also trees and plants.” FeelingsAnimalTreeDutyPlantHumankind Author:Albert Einstein