“In the dead of night I stirred. Wakefulness flowed back into me. I was a cup full of sorrow, but that sorrow was stilled, like a pain that abates as long as one does not move.”

“Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.”

“I found myself speaking softly as if I were telling an old tale to a young child. And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to catch one...”

“Be very chary of telling your hoarded secrets. Many lose all power once they have been divulged.”

“There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.”

“What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible.... Be ve...”

“Remember that often we will not know the small details of our life mission”

“The truth of the story lies in the details.”

“Beware the person who won't be bothered with details.”

“If people were more concerned with how they looked on the inside, then on the outside, the world would be a nicer place to exist.”

“If you say that you never lie in life,you honestly insult my intelligence.”

“Define the word exist, and you'll know whether God exists.”

“There is a gap between the mind and the world, and (as far as anybody knows) you need to posit internal representations if you are to have a hope of getting across it. Mind the gap. Youll regret it...”

“Learning becomes the knowledge builder and we can define learning through the information it absorbs and the capability it builds.”

“If you find a need, fulfill the gap.”