"People say I'm crazy ...."

People say I'm crazy, doing what I'm doing
Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm okay, well, they look at me kinda strange
"Surely, you're not happy now, you no longer play the game"

People say I'm lazy, dreaming my life away
Well, they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
"Don't you miss the big time, boy. You're no longer on the ball"

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people ask me questions, lost in confusion
Well, I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well, they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry, I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go...

John Lennon

"Living life is ...."

“Living life is simply in the living.”

Bruce Lee

"Wide research and steadfast purpose ...."

Wide research and steadfast purpose, eager questioning and close reflection – all this tends to humanize a man.

Confucius

"The intelligent man, when he dies ...."

The intelligent man, when he dies, leaves no possessions.  If he has collected worthless objects, it is embarrassing to have them discovered.  If the objects are of good quality, they will depress his heirs at the thought of how attached he must have been to them.   It is all the more deplorable if the possessions are ornate and numerous.  If a man leaves possessions, there are sure to be people who will quarrel disgracefully over them, crying, “I’m getting that one!”  if you wish something to go to someone after you are dead, you should give to him while you are still alive.  Some things are probably indispensable to daily life, but as for the rest, it is best not to own anything at all.

Kenko

"There was something undefined ...."

"There was something undefined and complete, coming into
existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless,
standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in
no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of
all things.

I do not know its name, and I give it the designation of the Tao
(the Way or Course). Making an effort (further) to give it a name I
call it The Great.

Great, it passes on (in constant flow). Passing on, it becomes
remote. Having become remote, it returns. Therefore the Tao is
great; Heaven is great; Earth is great; and the (sage) king is also
great. In the universe there are four that are great, and the (sage)
king is one of them.

Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from
Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its
being what it is."