Child, child, do you not see? For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.

Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.

A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.

You know how chickens are, imagining the world coming to an end one moment, then pecking corn the next.

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