The morning glory which blooms for an hour differs not at heart from a giant pine that lives for a thousand years.

The wake doesn't drive the ship

Do not let the rapidity with which these thoughts can change deceive you into feeling that you think them all at once.

The trouble with many religions, accused of wishful thinking, is that they are not wishful enough. They show a deplorable lack of imagination.

The problem is to overcome the ingrained disbelief in the power of winning nature by love, in the gentle (ju) way (do) of turning with the skid, of controlling ourselves by cooperating with ourselves.

By replacing fear of the unknown with curiosity we open ourselves up to an infinite stream of possibility. We can let fear rule our lives or we can become childlike with curiosity, pushing our boundaries, leaping out of our comfort zones, and accepting what life puts before us.

That society is strong and viable which recognizes its own provisionality.