"Human concepts, no matter how clearly conceived they are, almost always work against the whole"
-- Christopher Alexander

"If you're not looking for social 'profit,' but for what is of genuine worth and brings real satisfaction, pay attention to those parts of your being that seem like 'nothing.'"

-- Michael LaFargue

"Unintended consequences outnumber intended consequences."

-- Tom Peters

"He who grasps the central pivot of the Tao, is able to watch 'yes' and 'no' pursue their alternating course around the circumference."

-- Thomas Merton

"All deliberate, systematic, and reflexive 'self-cultivation, whether active or contemplative, personalistic or politically committed, cuts one off from the mysterious but indispensible contact with Tao..."

-- Thomas Merton

"If you realize that all things change, there is nothing that you will try to hold on to."

-- Lao Tzu

"Virtue abides in the natural. "

-- Chuang Tzu

"To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders."

-- Lieh Tzu

"The secret waits for eyes unclouded by longing."

-- Lao Tzu