“One of the hardest tasks as a human being is knowing when to keep an open mind, and when not to.”

“If you don't know when to be a human being, you don't know when to be a witch.”

“This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.”

“ One must see in every human being only that which is worthyof praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole humanrace. If, however, we look at people from the standpoint of theirfaults, then being a friend to them is a formidable task.................Thus is it incumbent upon us, when we direct our gaze towardother people, to see where they excel, not where they fail.”

“In Chinese, the word for heart and mind is the same -- Hsin. For when the heart is open and the mind is clear they are of one substance, of one essence.”

“All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.”