The wind and rains cripple it’s form, but the beauty remains despite the storm.

Long after the storm has past the beauty of the rose will forever last.

SW

"Human beings, in their thinking, feeling and acting are not free agents but are as causally bound as the stars in their motion."

~ Albert Einstein

“Just as true humor is laughter at oneself, true humanity is knowledge of oneself.”
― Alan Wilson Watts

Sometimes I go about pitying myself when all the while I'm being carried by great winds across the sky.

Ojibwe

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Voltaire

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

George Bernard Shaw

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Robin Williams

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

Scott Adams