All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.

Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of power betray their fellows to hide themselves behind the cloak of submission. It is an evil thing.

violence is an evil thing, but when the guns are all in the hands of the men without respect for human rights, then men are really in trouble.

A journey is time suspended.

Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through the maze by intuition. One is led by something felt on the wind, something seen in the stars, something that calls from the wasteland to the spirit.

This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice. . . a moment of captured beauty. Those who are truly wise will never permit such moments to escape.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.