The Examined Life Is No Picnic.

The World Does Not Need Tourists Who Ride By In A Bus Clucking Their Tongues. The World As It Is Needs Those Who Will Love It Enough To Change It, With What They Have, Where They Are.

Then He Read The Words Of The Scroll Slowly, First In Japanese And Then Carefully Translated Into English: 'there Is Really Nothing You Must Be. And There Is Nothing You Must Do. There Is Really Nothing You Must Have. And There Is Nothing You Must Know. There Is Really Nothing You Must Become. However. It Helps To Understand That Fire Burns, And When It Rains, The Earth Gets Wet. . . .' 'whatever, There Are Consequences. Nobody Is Exempt,' Said The Master.

Sirius, The Brightest Star In The Heavens.... My Grandfather Would Say We're Part Of Something Incredibly Wonderful - More Marvelous Than We Imagine. My Grandfather Would Say We Ought To Go Out And Look At It Once In A While So We Don't Lose Our Place In It.

To Be Human Is To Keep Rattling The Bars Of The Cage Of Existence, Hollering, 'what's It For?'

It Doesn’t Matter What You Say You Believe - It Only Matters What You Do.