Unknown Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. William Saroyan Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. The geometry of life is designed to keep us at the point of maximum tension between certainty and uncertainty, order and chaos.
Every important call is a close one.
We survive and evolve by the skin of our teeth. We really wouldn't want it any other way. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.