Mense Autem Lunares
I
We accept the lash because the alternative is too painful.
II
It is always easier to do the wrong thing.
III
Water does not define a river; only the banks guide its path.
IV
A word once spoken aloud cannot be unheard.
V
Silence is the sound of acceptance.
VI
Life is a search for perfection. Once found, there is no further purpose in life.
VII
Listen to your elders and then do the things they forgot to say.
VIII
Be responsible for everything and you will be guilty of nothing.
IX
Treat each moment as you last, and your time will be well spent.
X
Everything tastes good to the starving. Do not get too comfortable.
XI
Listen to the beat of your heart. That is what defines your existence.
XII
If you cannot love a clod of earth you cannot love.
XIII
All humans are equally stupid, and their partners listen with due deference.
XIV
Obey something and you will flourish. Obey nothing and you will wither.
XV
Religion attracts the gullible. Atheism attracts the self-righteous. Agnosticism attracts the unimaginative.
XVI
True evil is the lack of empathy.
XVII
When climbing the mountain, do not bother to carry a flag. Celebrate when you can touch the sky.
XVIII
Questions do not require answers. Answers do require questions.
XIX
The shortest distance between two objects often misses the point.
XX
Time begins in the past, travels through the present and reaches the future. The past and the future are beyond our control.
XXI
You cannot see close up through a telescope.
XXII
Hunger in the body makes you slow, hunger in the mind makes you fast.
XXIII
Alcohol is the product of decomposition. Decomposition is the product of death.
XXIV
A good teacher learns from their pupils. A good student instructs the teacher.
XXV
Listen with your ears first and your incredulity second.
XXVI
If something seems too good to be true, then it is probably false.
XXVII
The point of alchemy is not the making of gold, it is the understanding of the precious.
XXVIII
To become legend, you must first create. Once that is accomplished, you must embrace, utterly.
