It isn't by getting out of the world
that we become enlightened,
but by getting into the world…
by getting so tuned in
that we can ride the waves of our existence
and never get tossed
because we become the waves.
Ken Kesey, Kesey's garage sale
People who advocate simplicity have money in the bank;
the money came first, not the simplicity.
Douglas Coupland, JPod
When they have a choice,
people will always gravitate to those rooms which have light on two sides,
and leave the rooms which are lit only from one side unused and empty.
Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
When it gets down to having to use violence,
then you are playing the system’s game.
The establishment will irritate you –
pull your beard, flick your face –
to make you fight.
Because once they’ve got you violent,
then they know how to handle you.
The only thing they don’t know how to handle
is non-violence and humor.
John Lennon, During the Bed-In for Peace, June 1, 1969