Patience means restraining yourself. There are seven emotions, Joy, anger, anxiety, adoration, grief, fear, and hate. If a man doesn't give way to these, he's patient. I'm not as strong as I might be but I'm patient.

You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

Isn't it only laughter we can stay human?

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline and training is all about.

Anger is something you should only vent in front of intimates, and friends and relations. Never be angry in front of strangers because you lose face.

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.