…addition is the exercise of fools…subtraction is the exercise of genius…think of the greatest of sculptors…think of their brilliant sculptures…know that each one of them started with a gorgeous piece of stone or rock or whatever material it is that they used to sculpt…then little by little, they removed (subtracted) from that material what wasn’t going to be a part of their beautiful sculpture until the most amazing of sculptures emerged from the subtractive exercise…proactive subtraction…

“…stop being so religious…what do sad people have in common?…it seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship…what is the beginning of happiness?…it is to stop being so religious like that…” – Hafez-e Sirazi