“If you follow the ancient maps written on the stars, no person will ever understand you. So if you could read these maps, would you follow them? And forever be misunderstood? Or would you close your eyes tightly and pretend to be like everyone else?”
“I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900.”
“Of course, any map of the Place would be shocking to anyone with any understanding of geography. As you can see, this is a map of no earthly geography." -”
“Come to a book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it, and draw your own map.... A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. ”
“Come to the book as you would come to an unexplored land. Come without a map. Explore it and draw your own map.”
“Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination. ”