[According to the introductory page, this collection of sayings and chants are the work of the ancient tree Elderoot. Presumably they have been transcribed from dictation.]
You can plant a tree near water, but you cannot make its roots absorb water and nutrients. That will happen naturally.
A lie can travel around the entire planetwhile the truth is still
putting down roots.
I do not spare great concern for the future, for my roots are
buried deep within the soil of the past
A growing root can break a stone when a hammer blow
cannot All that is required for the former is patience; all that
is required for the latter is strength.
A tree strives ever upward, reaching for the sun and stars.
Those who walk on the ground strive to and fro, upward
and downward. I do not say one is better than the other, but
the striving tree lives many times longer than the walking
animal.
I am not the only one of my kind with deep thoughts. One
must simplv listen more closelv for the words of the others.
I once thought there was no crisis urgent enough to warrant
thoughtless action. Now l know this for a fact; There is
alwavs time to consider.
To the insect a tree is the universe. To the universe, even the
tree is an insect.