“Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is to engage with oneself, and the lasting rewards are not confined to specific career paths.”
“The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.”
“The human being is a very poorly designed machine tool. The human being excels in coordination. He excels in relating perception to action. He works best if the entire human being, muscles, senses, and mind, is engaged in the work.”
“To engage in a battle, one must know oneself, believe in oneself, and overcome one's own obstacle”
“Great courage was required to engage in such an adventure. But George was in love and Freeheart was faithful. And as the most delightful of poets says“What cannot Friendship guided by sweet Love?”
“Ownership is yet another of the endless forms of arrogance engaged in by the lower self.”