“Why is this thus? What is the reason for this thusness?”
“The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.”
“Myself is thus and so, and will continue thus and so. And why fight it? My balance comes from instability.”
“Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.”
“Virtue? A fig! 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus.”
“if it is thus, I ask emphatically whence comes this thusness.”