In fact, a sense of essence is, in essence, the essence of sense, in effect.

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.

It is perhaps wrong to say that the enemy of enlightenment is logic; rather, it is dualistic, verbal thinking. In fact, it is even more basic than that: it is perception.

In the end, we self-perceiving, self-inventing, locked-in mirages are little miracles of self-reference.

If a mosquito has a soul, it is mostly evil. So I don't have too many qualms about putting a mosquito out of its misery. I'm a little more respectful of ants.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

You can never represent yourself totally .... to seek self -knowledge is to embark on a journey which ... will always be incomplete, cannot be charted on a map, will never halt, cannot be described.

. . . all meaning comes from analogies.

Meaning lies as much in the mind of the reader as in the Haiku.

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

Below Every Tangled Hierarchy Lies An Inviolate Level

Happiness changes the way you see the world.

Not all broken things need to be fixed.

The internet and online communication is the window into your world - but real life, in person communication / connection is the door.

I hear he liked flowers pretty well.""Yes, " said Annie, "he said they were the friends who always came back and never disappointed him."--"Out, Brief Candle

Happiness begins with gratitude." ~ Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

Maybe nothing is completely true, and not even that.

4 levels of Education

Eventually, my eyes were opened, and I really understood nature. I learned to love at the same time.

We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them.

Life is like fording a river, stepping from one slippery stone to another, and you must rejoice every time you don't lose your balance, and learn to laugh at all the times you do.