A priest asked: What is Fate, Master?
And he answered:
It is that which gives a beast of burden its reason for
existence.
It is that which men in former times had to bear upon their
backs.
It is that which has caused nations to build byways from City
to City upon which carts and coaches pass, and alongside which inns
have come to be built to stave off Hunger, Thirst and Weariness.
And that is Fate? said the priest.
Fate... I thought you said Freight, responded the Master.
That's all right, said the priest. I wanted to know what
Freight was too.
Arguments with furniture are rarely productive.
I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only
longer.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
if it is lightly greased.
Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral.
Then a man said, "Speak to us of Expectations."
He then said, "If a man does not see or hear the waters of the
Jordan, then he should not taste the pomegranate or ply his wares
in an open market.
"If a man would not labour in the salt and rock quarries then
he should not accept of the Earth that which he refuses to give of
himself.
"Such a man would expect a pear of a peach tree.
"Such a man would expect a stone to lay an egg.
"Such a man would expect Sears to assemble a lawnmower."