Little deputies

There are no bad men but sometimes—if we misunderstand, cannot see or are confused about something—we act badly. We become inflated, dogmatic, violent. We talk about the bottom line as if it were philosophically significant, about God as if we’ve been deputized.

The face of a man

It was said of Socrates that he always wore the same expression.

Ethereal

Are we influenced by the planets, the stars and galaxies? Of course! There is nothing we are not influenced by. But for our influences, we would not exist.

Life is not about me.

A good man

A man is good who accepts what comes.

Pardon?

Mommy: “And what did you learn at school today?”

Johnny: “I was taught to expect the unexpected.”