"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."

Nelson Henderson

"Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans."

John Lennon (1940–1980)

"I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."

Chuang Tse (4th–3rd c. B.C.)

"A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days."

Goethe (1749–1832)