The end did justify the means sometimes, otherwise nothing would ever be accomplished. - Steve Perry

That, of course, was the problem with zen. Mountains were mountains, streams were streams, and forests were forests, except when they were not. And then were again. To someone who knew zen, on the proper intuitive level, it all made perfect sense. To someone who did not know zen, it made no sense at all.

It would be foolish to deny something that worked simply because one did not know how it worked. One did not need an advanced degree in physics to push a button.

Never felt so alive as you did after you came out of a battle in one piece. And if you were dead? You wouldn’t feel that...