"As soon as you have made a thought ...."

As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it.

Lao Tzu

"Make time for play ...."

Make time for play each day .... Practice nonsense.

Joan Erikson

"I would rather sit ...."

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than to be crowded on a velvet cushion

Henry D Thoreau

"There is no excellent beauty ...."

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in proportion.

Francis Bacon

"Man follows Earth ...."

Man follows Earth

Earth follows Heaven

Heaven follows Tao

Tao follows Nature

"... all things must accord with the natural world ...."