I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives. A man finds little difficulty facing that place within himself where the taking force dwells, but it's almost impossible for him to see into the giving force without changing into something other than man. For a woman, the situation is reversed. ... These things are so ancient within us that they're ground into each separate cell of our bodies... It's as easy to be overwhelmed by giving as by taking.

All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.

Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.