When one has nothing to lose, one becomes courageous. We are timid only when there is something we can still cling to.

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.

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor.

Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?

Man lives only to learn. And if he learns it is because it is the nature of his lot, for good or bad.

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

If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the warrior is not seeking to be understood or helped; by talking he's merely relieving himself of his pressure.