The Quest
All literature is but a variation on the quest motif.
--Someone or Other
Too busy to look, too busy to be wise.
--Someone Else or Someone Other
There once was a man who wandered from town to town constantly
examining the ground. He carried a lantern in the daytime and a
compass at night. When asked what he was doing, he would answer,
"I'm looking for a place to stand, so that when the wind blows I may
stand and not fall."
Most people thought he was insane until a man who had lived long and
experienced much was overheard to say of him, "Only a few people are
as wise as this man, for he is engaged in the only search that
really matters."
Life
One day a man called his friend and invited him to lunch at his
office. "Just come on over and we'll have a great time," the
man said.
"Where is your office?" the friend asked.
"I'm not sure of the address," answered the man, "but it's somewhere
downtown, I think."
"Well," asked the friend, "what does the building look like?"
"It's tall, like an office building."
"What floor are you on?"
"I think it's one of the middle ones."
"How many doors down from the elevator?"
"Oh, it's several. But I've never really counted them."
"Don't wait for me," said the friend, as he hung up.
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