War is the father of all things.

For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and asleep, young and old. The former when shifted are the latter, and again the latter when shifted are the former."

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

If we do not expect the unexpected, we will never find it.

Those who are awake all live in the same world. Those who are asleep live in their own worlds.

Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist dries, the parched becomes moist... It is in changing that things find repose.

The unexpected connection is more powerful than one that is obvious.