Contemplative Spirit Mugs

Chicken--Egg.

"Solitude is more fun in groups."

'I warned him about thinking the unthinkable!'

Forlorn.

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

"He's got no clue how easy he has it compared to his ancestors."

"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."

Humans...What is their purpose?

"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.

'Some days I just feel so stuck in a rut that I wish I'd never been invented!'

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

Pastorius wonders why.

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

"The overthinker"

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

Zenemies.

'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."

A man on a giant book poses as Rodin's The Thinker.

"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!"

'This course in philosophy is not designed to teach you how to make a living. I will be teaching you how to make a life.'

The Thinker?

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

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

"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."

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

Business man reading 'Thinking Outside the Chair'

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

'I believe you're thinking of leaving us, Brother?'

James Baldwin

World crisis

"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?"