#wisdom

"Most things break, including hearts. The lessons of life amount not towisdom, but to scar tissue and callus."

"Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty."

"Black Hole The death of one great man makes the world seem empty;the death or three creates a back hole in the heart of humanity.In Memorium 2015B.B. KingOliver SacksNicholas Winton"

"Cheap booze is a false economy."

"Grave Dancing for Dummies {Couplet} They danced at my grave when I was buried at sea;with my haters drowned, I'm now totally free."

"Relax. Just be. And be just."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Time Traveler's Ennui The future ain't what it use to be."

"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts."

"The going rate for love is going away. And the more you go away, the more expensive it gets."

"Imitation [10w] Art imitates life.Life imitates art.I just imitate imitation."

"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."

"We are unknown to ourselves, we men of knowledge - and with good reason. We have never sought ourselves - how could it happen that we should ever find ourselves? It has rightly been said: "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"; our treasure is where the beehives of our knowledge are."

"Hemidemisemiquaver [10w] The composer evened the score by ending in a hemidemisemiquaver."

"No Planning for Death [10w] People put more planning into a weekend vacation than death."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Behold, the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket"- which is but a matter of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention"; but the wise man saith, "Pull all your eggs in the one basket and - WATCH THAT BASKET."- Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"

"The Poet is God When a poem's words perfectly fit,it has legs.When they communicate well,it has a voice.When they make you think,it has a mind.When the make you feel,it has a heart.Think about it.When you write a poem,you've created a person,with a distinct identityand an immortal soulthat you send out into the worldto possibly change the world.Now you know what it feels liketo be God."

"Time flows away like the water in the river."

"Summer grasses,All that remainsOf soldiers' dreams"