There is no such things as magic, though there is such a thing as knowledge of the hidden ways of Nature.

Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.

Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.

Strange are the pictures of the future that mankind can thus draw with this brush of faith and these many-coloured pigments of the imagination! Strange, too, that no one of them tallies with another!

And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.

Be careful when power comes to thee also, lest thou too shouldst smite in thine anger or thy jealousy, for unconquerable strength is a sore weapon in the hands of erring man

...For like a rugged tree you are hard and sound at the core.

Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back.

Equanimity is the hallmark of spirituality. It is neither chasing nor avoiding but just being in the middle.

. . . confirmed libertines don't reform until they're tired . . .

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way

We ought to be more focused on enemies without than preoccupied with finding them within.

Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.

I can't eat processed food.

We need metaphors of magic and monsters in order to understand the human condition.

Part of my approach to my illness has been to say I want to choose life, I want to keep going, I want to live fully until I die.

This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.