The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart. That's where you need to go

Power is a neutral energy source, like tofu. It's what you do with it that gives it flavor.

longing to travel while you are already traveling is, I admit, a kind of greedy madness

I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore.

I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life.

Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.

This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe resting place for our most complicated feelings of joy or trauma, so that we don't have to haul those feelings around with us forever, weighing us down.