Alexander Townsend

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.

We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”
― Desmond Tutu

“We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.”
― Wei Wu Wei

“I don't know if mama was right, that we each have a destiny, or if if was Lt Dan, that we are all just floating around, accidental, like on a breeze, but I think... I think... maybe... it's both happening at the same time.”
― Winston Groom, Forrest Gump

“KODO SAWAKI: Studying originally meant aspiring to discover the meaning of life. These days studying has become all about getting a job.”
― Kosho Uchiyama Roshi, Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo