#wisdom

"Broken Heart [10W] The broken heart becomes volcanic, forever rumbling anddispersing ash."

"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."

"Virtual Reality [10w] The only thing better than reality is perfected virtual reality."

"Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person's good."

"Tofino, Canada Haiku Free flowing clothes,Strumming guitar on the beach.Still my baggage follows me."

"Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes vs. Cassava vs. Popeye [10w] "I am that I am that I am a yam."

"Without living, how can you know? Without knowing, how can you speak?"

"Getting divorced just because you don't love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do."

"Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion."

"The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger."

"Relatively Speaking [10w] The irony about 'relativism theories' is that they're relative too."

"Life is a journey, Frannie darling,"Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel."As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel."

"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."

"Spooning [10w] Love means tasting her spaghetti sauce on a wooden spoon."

"Is Prayer Only for the Living? III [10w] Do angels pray to God to intercede on mankind's behalf?"

"My own life is wonderful, but if I had to live the life of someone else, I'd gladly choose that of Julia Child or Dr. Seuss: two outrageously original people, each of whom fashioned an idiosyncratic wisdom, passion for life, and sense of humor into an art form that anyone and everyone could savor."

"The Bard's Haikus about Haiku Listen to Shakespeare,'Iambic pentameterand haiku don't mix.'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise mannever writes haiku.If you tickle usdon't we laugh? If you wrong usshall we not haiku?The good men dolives after them; the evil'sinterred with haikus.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some scribblesome shitty haikus."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."