Sermon on Intelligence

Measuring up to being intelligent is one of the unintelligent things to pursue.

Measuring up to being best is, on the other hand, one of the best things to pursue.


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An irrelevant question that the intelligent person must not ponder is whether one has the attention-deficit disorder of a genius or that of a fool ...

Sermon on Simplicity

A form of earthiness that is endlessly endearing is to be in the heavens, avoiding the hells as much as possible. These heavens and hells of ours connect us to earth without guaranteeing the good earthiness.

Sermon on the Political Animal

Being animal is my condition,
my rise and fall,
Being star-dust is my miracle,
my truth and release.