Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

I am not lesbian, I am not bisexual, I am not straight. I am just curious

Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.

Not only will your teachers appear, but they will cook new foods for you.

The protection of evil must be the most self-destructive job.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.