Mark Bierbaum

“A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller.”
― Paul Klee

“There's nothing that keeps its youth, so far as I know, but a tree and truth.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Deacon's Masterpiece or the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay

“Constantly stopping to explain oneself may expand into a frustrating burden for the rare individual, so ceasing to do so is like finally dropping the weights and sprinting towards his goals. Those who insincerely misunderstand, who intentionally distort the motives of a pure-intentioned individual, then, no longer have the opportunity to block his path; instead, they are the ones left to stand on the sidelines shouting frustratedly in the wind of his trail.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“So the unwanting soul
sees what's hidden,
and the ever-wanting soul
sees only what it wants.”
― Lao Tzu