She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.