People who don't have stories in their cultures go nuts.

we need to let our errors awaken, transform, and change us by taking them to heart, owning them.

Enlightenment, the old teachers say, adds nothing, except maybe the recognition of a need for and a commitment to the work that still needs to be done.

There's nothing wrong with athletics, but they shouldn't get in the way of your schoolwork.

If a man plants melons he will reap melons if he sows beans he will reap beans.

I'm naturally shy but I've done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.

I can't stand clutter. I can't stand piles of stuff. And whenever I see it, I basically just throw the stuff away.

My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.

Such a man has some right to fish, and I love to see nature carried out in him.

The greatest change to go from average to fortune is not so much an increase in knowledge, but rather, a change in our emotions about achieving our goals.

I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!

Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.

So you're the infamous Acheron. (Amanda) Lord and Master of the great barbarian horde that roams the night. (Acheron)