"I spur my horse past the ruined city;the ruined city, that wakes the traveler's thoughts:ancient battlements, high and low;old grave mounds, great and small.Where the shadow of a single tumbleweed tre..."
- Han-shan
"The disciplines of physical exercise, meditation and study aren't terribly esoteric. The means to attain a capability far beyond that of the so-called ordinary person are within the reach of everyone,..."
- Alan Moore
"Like vanishing dew,a passing apparitionor the sudden flashof lightning -- already gone --thus should one regard one's self."
- Ikkyu
"Dan, I'm not a Republic serial villain. Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago."
"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."
"Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers,things standing shall fall,but the moving ever shall stay."
- Basava
"And on the pedestal these words appear:'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'Nothing beside remains. Round the decayOf that colossal wreck, boundless and bare..."
- Percy Bysshe Shelley