…enduring our unknowing and yet sitting serenely. –  David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

Real conversation has an unpredictability, danger, and resonance; it can take a turn anywhere and constantly borders on the unexpected and on the unknown. Real conversation is not a construct of the solitary ego; it creates community. So much of our modern talk is like a spider weaving a web of language maniacally outside itself. Our parallel monologues with their staccato stutter only reinforce our isolation. — John O’Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

In silence and in solitude shall be our strength. — Book of Common Prayer

Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich. — Peter Ustinov

I remember a Buddhist teacher’s reflections on the Holocaust in Nazi Germany during World War II: “What terrible karma all those Jews must have had…” This kind of fundamentalism, which blames the victims and rationalizes their horrific fate, is something no longer to be tolerated quietly. It is time for modern Buddhists and modern Buddhism to outgrow it by accepting social responsibility and finding ways to address such injustices. –  David Loy, “How to Drive Your Karma” in Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution

He follows his thoughts, aimlessly as a cat or a dog.

Embrace your solitude.