Buddhism Quote by johnjwillard

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees whose shade you never expect to sit under.”

— Gina Holmes

“Let there be learning, even under the shade of trees.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will never use is the primary component of civilization.”

— Vaughn Heppner

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

— Anonymous

“A tree's shade is worth more than the knowledge of truth, my sons, for a tree's shade is true while it lasts, and the…

— Fernando Pessoa

“society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never see’.”

— James Kerr

“Live your life by the light of day. Enlightenment lurks not in the shadows of the night.”

— Thomas Zman

“Only the light that shines from within can be true enlightenment.”

— Rian Nejar

“Enlightenment (or not) is an evolutionary process”

— Dana Robinson

“Enlightenment comes to the most dull-witted. It begins around the eyes. From there it radiates.”

— Franz Kafka

“When we were on trees, others had lived in skies. When we reach skies, descendant of primitives will someday convey this message.”

— Toba Beta

“consider," replies the geomancer, "--adam and eve ate fruit from a tree, and were enlighten'd. the buddha sat beneath a tree, and he was…

— Thomas Pynchon