The idea of death robs inquiry of its passionate vitality and empties our efforts of their purpose by coming to one predestined conclusion, death. Why inquire if you already know the answer?

Any symptom can force you to go deeper into some area.

In the past, friendship was a huge thing. But it's hard for us to think of friendship as a calling, because it's not a vocation.

We dull our lives by the way we conceive them.

...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.

Character forms a life regardless of how obscurely that life is lived and how little light falls on it from the stars.

Anything you attend to carefully can bring blessing.