The body is mortal, but the person dwelling in the body is immortal and immeasurable. – Bhagavad Gita
It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing ones own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger. – Bhagavad Gita
Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below. – Bhagavad Gita
Fear not what is not real, never was and never will be. What is real, always was and cannot be destroyed. – Bhagavad Gita
There is no “underground” community, no dark den of drunken sailors initiating themselves into manhood via cheap, ill-conceived exercises in bodily perforation; it’s just a group of people who delight in using their bodies as billboards. – Joanne McCubrey, “Walking Art: Tattoos,” Mountain Democrat Weekend magazine, 199