One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

Give me a lamp so I can find the day.

Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality.

To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen. -The Amtal Rule