195
Did you forget something?
I forgot who I was.
Do you now remember?
Only a little. But that is enough.
196
If twelve men vote against you, are you guilty?
If I am innocent, then they are guilty.
But what if you are guilty?
Then the vote was irrelevant.
197
The statement, ‘Man does not live by bread alone’; that’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?
Sometimes it takes wisdom to state the obvious.
198
What makes a good citizen?
One who knows the everyday language.
Any other attributes?
There are many, but without communication, there is no understanding.
199
What are you looking for?
A place where the weather suits my soul.
200
Have you been known to defy gravity?
No, but neither has gravity ever been known to defy me.
201
Why are the fields barren?
Because even though farmers still know how to plant seeds, they have forgotten how to make them grow.
202
Why do people long for life?
They do not long for life; they long for extended mortality.
203
When someone speaks in the dark, how do we know if they are lying or telling the truth?
Speakers of truth bring their own light.
204
If your miracles mean nothing to them, why do you still perform them?
Because the search for meaning is not a prisoner of time.
205
What is the dichotomy of life?
It’s either a joke or it’s the truth.
How do you know the truth?
You don’t.
206
The limbs on the trees are drooping. When will it rain again?
It will rain again but it will be a hot rain full of knives.
207
Every thief is known by the company he keeps.
What about the things he steals?
He only steals because he feels deprived.
But what about the things?
They are not worth stealing.
208
Summer was made for reading.
How about baseball games?
What better place to read.
209
What is the explanation for this closed-in feeling?
We are surrounded by walls.
Are these walls invisible? I do not see them.
You do not see them because of their color.
What color are they?
Beige.
210
Why do men fight over a piece of land?
Because it represents power.
Do all men seek power?
All men seek love.
211
Why do some people move around so much?
They are intoxicated by motion.
What do they hope to find?
They have no hope. That’s what keeps them moving.
212
Any chance one day we’ll live in a garden?
Out of the desolation a new garden will grow but you will not be there.
Where will we be?
On the second tier.
213
Those who pray for rain are anti-dust.
What’s wrong with that?
We are made of dust.
214
What are we waiting for?
Good service.
GO to UNIt XII
