Life now insists that we encounter groundlessness. Systems and ideas that seemed reliable and solid dissolve at an increasing rate. People who asked for our trust betray or abandon us. Strategies that worked suddenly don't. Groundlessness is a frightening place, at least at first, but as the old culture turns to mush, we would feel stronger if we stopped searching for ground, if we sought only to locate ourselves in the present and do our work from here.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way.

Thinking is always dangerous to the status quo. [...] The moment you start thinking, you'll want to change something.

Aggression only breeds more aggression. It only creates more fear and anger.

It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do.

Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'

Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.