For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ~ Traditional Proverb

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~Henry David Thoreau

The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. ~Buddha

The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. ~Robert M. Pirsig

Reason and faith are both banks of the same river. ~Doménico Cieri Estrada

A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb

No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. ~James Thurber

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ~Author Unknown

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. ~Georg Hegel

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen

The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ~Niels Bohr

If I make the lashes dark
And the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet,
Or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed:
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.
~W.B. Yeats

Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. ~Henry David Thoreau

Because they know the name of what I am looking for, they think they know what I am looking for! ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~Chuang Tzu


Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.
"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat.
"I don't know," Alice answered.
"Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."
~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.
Jean Chretien