The wake doesn't drive the ship
The Greek word for sinning means to โmiss the point;โ The point is eternal life which is here and now.
The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss."
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.
Wonder, and its expression in poetry and the arts, are among the most important things which seem to distinguish men from other animals, and intelligent and sensitive people from morons.