I walked barefoot — the only way to walk on a muddy road. – Laurie Gough, “Light on a Moonless Night”

All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost – the most legitimate – passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. – Marquis de Sade

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand. – Buddha