In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.

He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver

Are you a person—with volition and maybe some stubbornness and at least the capacity if not the actual determination to do something surprising—or are you a tool? A tool just serves its user. It’s only as good as the skill of its user, and it’s not good for anything else. So if you want to accomplish something special—something more than you can do for yourself—you can’t use a tool. You have to use a person and hope the surprises will work in your favor. You have to use something that’s free to not be what you had in mind.

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

There is no life which does not possess its own importance, no life which may not be touched by greatness at any time -- Yes, be touched by greatness and have a hand in it. (from The Mirror of Her Dreams)