Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow. I discovered there was in me an Invincible Summer. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. The sage points at the moon. The fool looks at his finger.
Any fool can get complicated, but it takes a kind of genius to stay simple.
Notes by Tommy O'Sullivan. To the ambitious for whom neither the bounty of life, nor the beauty of the world suffice to content, it comes as penance that life with them is squandered, and that they possess neither the benefits nor the beauty of the world.