...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.

...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.

I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away...

...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronounced in it have no force but are nullified and destroyed by private persons?

As we become the light, the light is lifted in every room that we enter.

You can stretch to your fullest in this land, Emma, and not touch any edges. There's no dream too big for the wilderness. I'd hate to see it tamed and carved up into little fiefdoms.

My head's under water but am breathing fine

There is no higher calling than the service of your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few.

In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.

If someone loves you for what you can do then it's flattering, but why do you love them? If someone loves you for who you are then they have to know you, which means you have to know them.

I have a horror of sentimentality, and I cannot forget that its name is Saint-Saëns.

You know what you are? You're a beard with an idiot hanging off it.

I probably just want to leave a trace of myself behind in this world.

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.