My benefactor used to say the seeds are the 'sober head' -- the only part that could fortify the heart of man.

All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.

We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.

The fact of the matter is that many children see. . . . Most of those who see are considered to be oddballs and every effort is made to correct them.

The world doesn't yield to us directly, the description of the world stands in between. So, properly speaking, we are always one step removed and our experiences of the world is always a recollection of the experience. We are perennially recollecting the instant that has just happened, just passed. Re recollect, recollect, recollect.

... a warrior could not avoid pain and grief but only the indulging in them

Intent is what sends a shaman through a wall, through space, to infinity.