Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for the celebration of the heart. Live to fight on other days. Lose your beloveds one by one. And remember. Exalt the kiss of friend and horse and wind and sun, which venality cannot cheapen nor stupidity belittle.

You get what you expect. Expect to heal. Expect victory.

Order is its own reward.

Sometimes the cost of winning for all the right reasons is so great that spirits die and hearts grow cold.

Fight for life itself and everlasting freedom of the human spirit.

I see all sorts of things when I'm clearing my pipes.

Always take responsibility for your past. It is your only collateral in life. Unless you despise yourself now, you cannot despise yourself then. Everything you did is a part of the process that brought you here. All your past is as alive and real as your so-called 'present.'