“Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity.”

“Guide us in the path of peace, O Lord!”

“Work while you have strength.”

“Do all the work you can while you still have strength.”

“Do all the work you can, while there is grace of strength.”

“Thank God for the strength to work.”

“You will suffer, son of Hades! What else is new? Nico thought.”

“How was your afternoon?"No one died, so it was a big improvement on my morning.”

“He had followed the calendar, the years, time-Bird farted.And it came to me, as though it were riding one moment of the gusting wind, as though bird had had it in him all the time and had passed it...”

“Turn off the light to enter into the darkness and enlighten the world with the lights of your being.”

“It matters not how fast light may travel, darkness shall always be there awaiting its arrival.”

“When our thoughts, at times, wander into darkness... remember we are human and have been imbued with free will to choose the light.”

“She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.”

“Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite.”

“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred...”