“Don't be concerned with what you can't do. Work on what you can do - then count your blessings.”

“Katie is my hero. She has taken on challages in her life that I'm not sure I could ever come close to realizing for myself. I admire her greatly. And I say this,not because I'm her father,but because it's true. But being her father may have just a small bit to do with it”

“You can't get there by bus, only by hard work, risking, and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful: Yourself!”

“Life is what you have and not what you do do not have.”

“People who feel any sort of regret where you are concerned will suppose you are angry, and they will see anger in what you do, even if you're just quietly going about a life of your own choosing. They will make you doubt yourself, which, depending on cases, can be a severe distraction and a waste of time. This is a thing I wish I had understood much earlier than I did.”

“The Element is about discovering your self, and you can't do this if you're trapped in a compulsion to conform. You can't be yourself in a swarm.”

“It is a good thing to know what it is to be poor, and a better thing if you can do it in company.”