“And the Sphinx broke its long silence:"Don't expect too much.”

“Amatus waited a long time, but at last he broke the silence."There is much I don't understand.""That will never change," Mortis said decisively. "Except that what you don't understand will change.”

“Don't expect too much from people- expect it from yourself”

“Evangelicals sometimes expect too much or, to put it more precisely, we look for a kind of change God hasn't promised. It's possible to expect too little, but under-expectation is usually a cynical reaction to dashed hopes for too much. We manage to interpret biblical teaching to support our longing for perfection. As a result, we measure our progress by standards we will never meet until heaven.”

“Silence is golden but too long a silence an imitation junk”

“People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused.”