Tunson Death Quotes & Sayings

The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things. — Xunzi

He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple. — Kenneth Grahame

My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love. — Mason Cooley

An archer competing for a clay vessel shoots effortlessly, his or her skill and concentration unimpeded. If the prize is changed to a brass ornament, the hands begin to shake. If it is changed to gold, he or she squints as if going blind. The abilities do not deteriorate, but belief in them does, as he or she allows the supposed value of an external reward to cloud the vision. — Zhuangzi

The reasons why anthropologists haven't been able to come up with a simple, compelling story for the origins of money is because there's no reason to believe there could be one. Money was no more ever "invented" than music or mathematics or jewelry. What we call "money" isn't a "thing" at all; it's a way of comparing things mathematically, as proportions: of saying one of X is equivalent to six of Y. As such it is probably as old as human thought. — David Graeber

Always move forward if you have the option. — John Flanagan

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time. — Fay Weldon

It is discouraging to try to penetrate a mind like yours. You ought to get it out and dance on it. That would take some of the rigidity out of it. — Mark Twain

Mysticism and empiricism go together in opposition to scholasticism ... they base themselves on the non-linear world of experience rather than the linear world of letters. — Alan Watts