A single disturbed thought creates ten thousand distractions.
-Ryokan
It is a good practice to always apologize, except when you have done something wrong.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.
-Scarlett Thomas
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust. God watches them play and forgets the priest.