Quotes by Diana Beresford-Kroeger

“The truth was right there, so simple, a child could grasp it. Trees were responsible for the most basic necessity of life, the air we breathe.”

“The truth was right there, so simple, a child could grasp it. Trees were responsible for the most basic necessity of life, the air we breathe...cutting down trees was a suicidal act.”

“...I took a deep breath and a first step, and both eventually led me to the knowledge that I was capable of things bigger than I had imagined. I think every child should have an experience like the field experiment, something that thrusts them down a road they dont think they can ever reach the end of, for love of themselves and other people and the world. When they eventually come to their destination they will realise, as I did, that even the impossible can be accomplished if youre willing to take the first step and give it everything youve got, and then, like me, they will know they can do anything.”

“Trees dont simply maintain the conditions necessary for human and most animal life on earth, trees created these conditions through the community of forests. Trees paved the way for the human family. The debt we owe them is too big to ever repay.”