The true alchemists do not change lead into gold

Life on earth is temporary. May we pursue peace and live in harmony with one another.

You won't get perfect by beating yourself up

Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings.

It was one of those rare occasions when the true story is even more strange and exciting than the wild rumours.

To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.

The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated and inspiring ideas about the American future.

Ronan kept staring at Whelk. He was good at staring. There was something about his stare that took something from the other person.

To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.

We have some salt of our youth in us.