Be nothing

Humble describes a man who doesn’t have any ideas about himself. In this respect, he’s like a child. Children don’t say “I’m this” or “I’m that.” They just are. Undefined, unconditioned and free.

The simplicity of men

If men’s work has a touchstone, it is surely this: “The Child is father of the Man.” And who else but the propitiously named Wordsworth could have rendered it with such Zen-like simplicity?