“Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Whither right and glory lead)”

“There never was trouble brewing in Scotland but that a Dalrymple was at the bottom of it!”

“There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will”

“What is the difference between “creator” and “craftsman”? The one who creates bestows being itself, he brings something out of nothing—ex nihilo sui et subiecti, as the Latin puts it—and this, in the strict sense, is a mode of operation which belongs to the Almighty alone. The craftsman, by contrast, uses something that already exists, to which he gives form and meaning.”

“A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.”

“Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.”

“Everything in our lives," she said quietly, "leads up to everything else in our lives. So a moment in the present has a reference point, both in the past and in the future. I want you to know that you--as you are right now and as you ever wil be--are fully enough for this moment . . .”