And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords
Alan WattsYet again, the more you strive for some kind of perfection or masteryโin morals, in art or in spiritualityโthe more you see that you are playing a rarified and lofty form of the old ego-game, and that your attainment of any height is apparent to yourself and to others only by contrast with someone else's depth or failure.
Alan Watts... preliminary accounting, banking and surveying (known as arithmetic, algebra and geometry).
Alan Watts