Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.

Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have.

I loved all the world's mythologies.

There is more honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.

Fantasy is, I believe, the great nourisher of imagination. To paraphrase Einstein on how to develop intelligence in young people: Read fairy tales. Then read more fairy tales.

It is harsh enough for each man to bear his own wound. But he who leads bears the wounds of all who follow him.

You must know nothing before you can learn something, and be empty before you can be filled. Is not the emptiness of the bowl what makes it useful? As for laws, a parrot can repeat them word for word. Their spirit is something else again. As for governing, one must first be lowest before being highest.