Trees

I saw this a few days ago

http://vintageanchorbooks.tumblr.com/post/113688366199/i-like-trees-because-they-seem-more-resigned-to

and it called to mind a Herman Hesse saying I remembered from long ago

http://liquid-time-bomb.tumblr.com/post/41545316910/trees-are-sanctuaries-whoever-knows-how-to-speak

Maria Popova gives a longer appeciation in Hermann Hesse on What Trees Teach Us About Belonging and Life