Wish for everything to be exactly as it is, and your life will be serene. - Epictetus The drowning man is not troubled by the rain. - Sufi saying For a person without self-mastery, the self is like an enemy at war. - Gandhi Patience consists of not transforming suffering into a crime. - Simone Weil Death is the bridge whereby the lover rejoins the beloved. - Rabi'a The guardians of the status quo are always on hand with their oxygen tents to keep the old order alive. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon itself. - Lao Tzu View of the works installed in the bus shelters in Tempe, AZ.