The brain within its groove The brain within its groove Runs evenly and true; But let a splinter swerve, T'were easier for you To put the water back When floods have slit the hills, And scooped a turnpike for themselves, And blotted out the mills! Emily Dickinson, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson insanitymind
The way of things It is when one forces principles on the world that one interferes with its natural workings. Yoel Hoffman, Japanese Death Poems How things ought to be wisdomnature