Ancient Wisdom Wanderer Gifts

Diogenes and the Greek Crisis

"Behold the secret to happiness."

A treasure map shows you all the roads without tolls.

Archimedes statue with a lever

"Oh indeed I did: I went feral for a year when I was young. It taught me a lot about the world, but about myself too..."

'Let's start out with cliches and pithy slogans - and work our way up to wisdom ...OK?'

Playdough's The Republic

"It's a long way to Enlightenment. You might need some cash."

'He attained Nirvana in two weeks? - he's GOTTA be using steroids!'

'Are we there yet? Huh? Have we achieved Nirvana yet? Huh, have we?'

Higher wisdom...

Ten Commandments

'It says, 'Life is like a transistor.''

Saguaro Cactus Regrets.

Goddess

"Aristophanes explains comedy"

"No, I want to know the meaning of never calling your mother."

'These sure rule out a lot of options....'

Sharing the Bed with Zeno

'What I've learnt sitting on this mountain, alone for ten years, is how boring sitting alone on a mountain for ten years is!'

Sphinx with nursing Sphinx pups

PHARMACY, 'Tell Hippocrates to write his prescriptions in Greek -- I can't read Babylonian!'

Don't worry, if things don't work out in America we can always take the Bering Land Bridge back to Asia.

'Of course, this social contract will have to remain hypothical until someone invents writing.'

'The Karma of the marketplace is about to overwhelm the Dogma of policy making,'

Lost and Profound.

'He was a Stoic's Stoic.'

The Unknown Philosopher, who first realised life is no picnic.

'Birthdays are like life...the more you have, the more illuminated you become.'

"I temper Taoism with psychology -- I'm into Yin-Yang-Jung."

'It's just a calendar, who cares what it looks like?'

On Holiday

I'm a little disappointed -- I always thought the ultimate secret to the universe would rhyme.

'Oh wise one - what is the secret to long life?'

"You might have time left for one more book, but only if it doesn't require and lot of research."