East Harlem Blues

Very well, replied the river, am I then to regard the universe as great and the tip of a hair as small ? The ocean replied, not at all. Dimensions are limitless; time is endless. Conditions are not invariable; terms are not final. Thus, the wise man looks into the universe, and does not regard the small as too little, nor the great as too much; for he knows that there is no limit to dimension. He looks back into the past, and does not grieve over what is far off, nor rejoice over what is near; for he knows that time is without end. He tries to understand fullness and decay, and does not rejoice if he succeeds, nor lament if he fails; for he knows that conditions are not invariable.