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Hal Borland

6 quotes

Sometimes a single quote is enough to make a name memorable. Hal Borland has given us several. With equal ease, Hal Borland moved between Nature and Wisdom, finding connections others missed. Browse 10 quotes by Hal Borland that cover ground from Nature, Wisdom, Patience, Faith, and Strength. Among their most shared lines: "If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees."

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

— Hal Borland

Nature

All Quotes by Hal Borland

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”

— Hal Borland

Nature

“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

“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”

— Hal Borland

Patience

“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 faith rather than reason.”

— Hal Borland

Faith

“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

“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