As iron is fashioned by fire and on the anvil, so in the fire of suffering and under the weight of trials, our souls receive that form which our Lord desires them to have.

Your example, even more than your words, will be an eloquent lesson to the world.

An act of renunciation is an act of union with God. The Divine Master looks lovingly upon a person who gains a victory over self.

We must suffer in order to go to God. We forget this truth far too often.

I will build the best Potemkin village for you, my love!

It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible.  Why?  Because innately we know that nothing's impossible.

No, he said, we are not alone. I have you, and you have me. And there is Arya and Nasuada and Orik, and many others besides who will help us along our way.

When one reaches absolute power, one loses total contact with reality.

There are no dirty words, only dirty minds.

Every night when I go to bed I think, In the morning I will wake up in my own house and things will be back the way they were. It hasn’t happened this morning, either.

One of my problems is to find the self.

When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example.

There's fire in my fingers. I burn everything I touch.

Learning itself is a fulfilling adventure at all points in the process. In fact, psychologists have listed learning as one of the basic, universal joys of human experience.