Master Kong
Finfluencer
Kong and Henri sweating in the sun, wearing sun hats. KONG: "A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows." Kong and Henri sweating, starring into the blazing sun. KONG: "And I mean this in the worst possible way."
Shadow of the Sun
Henri: I don't know, that just doesn't seem to be tied to practical experience. Kong: In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
Infinite Ice Cream
Henri: What are you painting? -Kong: I don't know. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure. -Henri: You hungry? -Kong: Yes. -Henri: Let's surrender.
What is real in you
Others: When it snows, the whole world seems to fall asleep. It's so very peaceful. A blanket of quietude. Sparkling, soundless beauty. -Kong: It's fleeting, it's fading! Don't cling to it! It's just water with a cold burn.
So very peaceful
Henri: Kong? You okay? -Kong: Henri, Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection. Have I been my best self this year? Have I been helpful, giving, virtuous? Should I really have eaten this much cookie dough?
Reflection
Kong: Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. Jane Fonda: And who made you governor? -Mövenpick: But I'm vegan! -Henri: I AM a small fish!
Family Management
Kong: Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. -Henri: No excuse! Who empties the milk has to get a new one
The natural Flow of Things
Kong: The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. -Hooman: Your accumulated dirt is not yourself. -Kong: INCORPORATED dirt that is!
Snow Goose
Kong: I'm meditating. -Henri: It's the most wonderful springday out there! Let's go outside! -Kong: Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed. -Henri: Alright I help you. Let's speed this up
Meditation in Spring
Henri: I saw something! -Kong: They hide in the long grass! If you chase two rabbits, you catch none.
Chasing two Rabbits
Kong: Yes, the cherry trees put this truth very plainly: none of the glory of blossoms and autumn leaves lasts long in this fleeting world. -Mövenpick: What's with them? -Jane Fonda: They are just overly dramatic about the last pizza slice.
Ephemerality of Pizza
Henri: What are you doing? Why are all those muffin crumbs on your fins? -Kong: Pearls don't lie on the seashore. If you want one, you must dive for it. -Henri: So you dove for the chocolate chips?
Chocolate Chips Shore
Kong: What you doin'? -Jane Fonda: I'm dreaming. Kong: To believe in one's dreams is to spend all of one's life asleep. Jane Fonda: Which is exactly what I'm dreaming of. -Mövenpick: I'm a believer, too! -Kong: Yeah, whatever.
Dreaming of Dreaming
Henri: I want to burn away that loise thread. -Kong: Why? Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. -Henri: I'm a diamond then? -Kong: Precious, beautiful and highly flammable. Seriously, stay away from fire.
Beautiful and highly flammable
Henri: Is the strategy of warfare a noble art? -Kong: No. It's a strategy without reason. It's a tragedy without catharsis. The wise shark chooses the nature of peace over the art of war.
War and Peace
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