perhaps all creatures are very much more than what they seem. the tree has its roots; the iceberg only shows its tip. perhaps we are all much more even than we know. so, while the meanest/saddest person lives in misery here, they may be elsewhere in triumph, making the very stars

god/goddess/nature/life turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one

all the world shares the same sun. the higher the sun rises, the brighter it grows. the sun needs the earth also, to shine upon. yet there are those who love the dark. should the sun stop shining? everything happens at its own time. what is strong must also be right, for only then will it last. if clouds obscure it, does the sun hurry past them? clouds will pass. every day the sun rises again

the world often seems unfair to people who believe in fate, yet the fact is the universe works, and against all odds. sometimes to make it all work, the buddha has to resort to outrageous coincidences, for example, a white horse is most easily lost in a snowstorm

is it so extraordinary, the marriage of a person to a monster? we are all human. we are all monster. the sage knows this. the buddha/christ has reconciled the two within her/himself and transcended both

we are all much more than we know. we are all buddha/christ. but we live by illusions and only see through our senses. so we cannot know how much we are. no one can know himself; therefore people will live behind many masks, and call themselves by many names. when all that matters is the effect we have on others. thus, even a monster may want to be kind, friendly and gentle. and what is more friendly than a puppy dog?

(wu cheng'en and 1 from rumi)