I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep.

O time, swift robber of all created things, how many kings, how many nations hast thou undone, and how many changes of states and of various events have happened since the wondrous forms of this fish perished here in this cavernous and winding recess. Now destroyed by time thou liest patiently in this confined space with bones stripped and bare; serving as a support and prop for the superimposed mountain.

Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?

All thoughts start from emotions.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

Especially learn how to see.

It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.