A Belief System for the 21st Century

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Authors:

Elton Trueblood

Brief Bio: noted 20th-century American Quaker author and theologian

Lived: 1900-1994

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Quotations

“When old men plant trees”

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

1951 from the book The Life We Prize

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