“It has happened in the past, not once but several times, giving rise to glacial-interglacial cycles.”

We appear to be overplaying this global warming issue as global warming is nothing new.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

Photography today appears to be in a state of flight… The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into a series of unnatural poses.

One day puss did not take his place punctually, but presently appeared with two mice, one of which it placed on its master’s plate, the other on its own.

You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.

The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

Think not I am what I appear.