"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Ranks of the Insane
I thought I would quickly share a quote from Marcus Aurelius:
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
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