The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest.

The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, "Why does it exist at all?" Through its fitness of construction, it offers the apology for its existence. But where it is a work of beauty it has no question to answer; it has nothing to do, but to be.

Merely to exist is not enough.

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.

Overstraining is the enemy of accomplishment. Calm strength that arises from a deep and inexhaustible source is what brings success.

Life's errors cry for the merciful beauty that can modulate their isolation into a harmony with the whole.

A lamp can only light another lamp when it continues to burn in its own flame.