“The tree of life is already doomed from the moment it is planted.”

“The forest has been growing for hundreds of years. Each time a child is born, a tree is planted. You could see from his tree how old a person was. The tall and thick tree trunks, which gave the most shade, belonged to people who had already returned to the spirit world. But the trees of the living and the dead stood in the same grove, sought their nourishment from the same soil and the same rain. They stood there waiting for the children that were not yet born, the trees that had not yet been planted. In that way the forest would grow, and the age of the village would be visible for all time. No one could tell from a tree whether someone was dead, only that he had been born.”

“I'm planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots.”

“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”

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

“I am planting a tree in this bomb crater to remind us that in the midst of death, there is life... and hope.”