“One believed what one was told to believe, what it made sense to believe. Unless one was a foreigner, of course, or a philosopher.”

“Patience can be a means of letting matters mature to a proper state for action, not just a way of letting time slip away.”

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”

“You can be used by someone for their aims when you are not aware of your true being”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”