Canine Contemplation Gifts

Max reflects on what he might have become if only he didn't drop out of obedience school.

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

"I want him to have the serenity to accept the things he can't pee on, the patience to pee on the things he can outside, and the wisdom to know the difference." "But I'll probably just take him to a trainer."

"Ooh, ooh, I know this koan! I got it! Pick me! Pick me!"

'Hey! Contemplate your own navel!'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

Zenemies.

"Geez, from way up here it almost looks like there’s hope for humanity."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

"Ever feel like even when you're barking at something you're still barking at nothing?"

"Wait... what was it I came up here for?"

"The overthinker"

'Are you not thinking what I'm not thinking?'

Rodin's Thinker.

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! … Emerson" "Good boy!"

"After searching for the sun all night, it finally dawned on me..."

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

'It's normal -- Enlightenment freaks a lot of people out.'

"How come I can't remember what I forget, but I always remember that I forgot something!"

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"Is it just me, or do these sculptural forms of light and shadow make you think about the ephemeral nature of life, the spirituality of the moment eclipsing our futile quest for cheese?"

"Shhh - he's trying open his third nostril."

'Sometimes I think about getting away from all this and get a job as a cab driver in New York city...'

"Exactly what is this 'nothing' I've been hearing so much about?"

Soren Kierkegaard

"No, wait. What if the cop character is the murderer, and the mobster guy is completely innocent?"

"Behold my perfect window of existence, when I'm neither trying to wake up nor falling asleep."

'Have you ever imagined a world without stupid hypothetical questions?'

"Autumn already? O.K., I'll come down."

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

I was allowed to chew this. But not that

"Gazing at stars really makes you realise the insignificance of your co-workers."

The Deep Thinker

"Just think of it, Charles – yesterday I was a caterpillar, and tomorrow I'll be dead."