The ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories. - Alan Watts

Growth in philosophical understanding, or just plain wisdom, is always a matter of being able to distinguish between levels of truth, and frames of reference, at the same time being able to see one's own life in its intimate relation to these differing and ever more universal levels.

the mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Money alone cannot buy pleasure, though it can help. For enjoyment is an art and a skill for which we have little talent or energy.