He was the least spiritual of all the monks here, accepting nothing without proof. This skepticism was simultaneously his greatest asset and his greatest impediment.

Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.

People who live in the now; those people make things happen.

The swan in the pool is singing, And up and down doth he steer, And, singing gently ever, Dips under the water clear.

I probably didn't put forth the effort I should have put forth, didn't realize the value of education until I went to college.

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.

Never perform for your family. They either laugh too hard or not at all.

Any man who has been given the honor of being promoted to general and who says, "I will protect another general who protects Communists," is not fit to wear that uniform, general.

When you come to the boundaries of what you know, it is time to make some mistakes.

When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.