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• When a shepherd goes to kill a wolf, and takes his dog along to see the sport, he should take care to avoid mistakes.
  The dog has certain relationships to the wolf the shepherd may have forgotten....
• Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.
  -- Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
• The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
  -- Robert M. Pirsig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...
• The wise shepherd never trusts his flock to a smiling wolf.