Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which read more

Living creatures are nourished by food, and food is nourished by rain; rain itself is the water of life, which comes from selfless worship and service.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

It appears I am destined for something; I will live.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.

Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar read more

I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that read more

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

To choose time is to save time.

To choose time is to save time.

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)

Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)