Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland Nature
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. Hal Borland Wisdom
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Hal Borland Newyears
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Hal Borland Wisdom
Man is wise and constantly in quest of more wisdom; but the ultimate wisdom, which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls forth faith rather than reason. Hal Borland Faith
You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. Hal Borland Nature
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland Patience
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. Hal Borland Nature