Begging your pardon, sir....One population can't make peace with another by force.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction.

A capacity for inferiority in the growing adult is threatened by the temptation by squander that capacity ruthlessly, to revel in hallowness. The syndrom especially plaques anyone who lives behind a mask. An elephant in her disquise as a human princess, a scarecrow with painted features, a glittering tiara under which to glow and glide in anonymous glamour. A witch's hat, a wizards stole, a scholars gown, a soldiers dress sartorials. A hundred ways to duck the question: how will I live with myself now that I nkow what I know.

Forgive us our trespasses," says Margarethe, "and get out of our way.

...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.

For fun? Maybe evil is an art form.