Every path leads homeward, every step is birth, every step is death, every grave is mother.

Gratitude is not a virtue I believe in, and to me it seems hypocritical to expect it from a child.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

Your soul is the whole world.

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.

Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars, monks, or the courtiers of cultured princes. These might take the form of chess games in which the pieces and squares had secret meanings in addition to their usual functions.