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To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
To understand the world one must not be worrying about one's self.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
Time is the rider that breaks youth.
The future is as bright as the promises of God.
The future is as bright as the promises of God.
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
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.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!