Music gives color to the air of the moment.
-Karl Lagerfeld
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.
-Fernando Pessoa
Our body in Kali yuga is a field of action: As a man sows, so is his reward. Nothing by empty talk is determined: Anyone swallowing poison must die. Brother! Behold the Creator’s justice: As are a man’s actions, so is his recompense.
The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.
I have wanted only one thing to make me happy. That thing is everything.
-Sebastian Horsley