“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
– Buddha (563?-483? BC)

Soon silence will have passed into legend.
Man has turned his back on silence.
Day after day
he invents machines and devices
that increase noise
and distract humanity
from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation.
Tooting, howling, screeching, booming, crashing,
whistling, grinding, and trilling bolster his ego.
– Jean Arp

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all.
– William James

They can because they think they can.
– Virgil, 70 – 19 BC

We are the people our parents warned us about.
– Jimmy Buffett