Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.

Witchery is merely a word for what we are all capable of.

It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.

It's all those stories and how they braid together that tells us who and what and where we are

You've got to find yourself first. Everything else'll follow.

Stone walls confine a tinker; cold iron binds a witch; but a musician's music can never be fettered, for it lives first in her heart and mind.

Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so you can get a good look at it.

I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing.

Magic lies in between things, between the day and the night, between yellow and blue, between any two things.

It's so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.

Give me the strength to leaf, for I fear otherwise we may hang ourselves.

Mystical bliss, joy and rapture are part of both yoga and vipassana. When the mind is concentrated, purified, bright, unblemished, free from defects, pliant and steady, this positive joy arises.

Rural towns aren't always idyllic. It's easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.

The Pythagoreans degrade impious men into brutes and, if one is to believe Empedocles, even into plants.

I wonder how well she sleeps at night, and what kind of dreams she has. I wish I could step into them like she steps into mine.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

Generosity is the flower of justice.

I firmly believe that we're all good people, but sometimes it's hard to understand how to do good.

Ye need her as she needs ye....and Inuyasha...DO NOT FORGET WHERE YE BURIED ME!