“We are all put in different positions for different reasons.”

“Now, I pray you, cast yourself into a different world, a different trail of thought; step into a place where dragons live and breathe, where they are as real in touch and voice as you or I. Where they face the same extinction every day that they have suffered in our world: the extinction of myth . . . yet where they battle every moment to fend off such a fate for another day . . .”

“Suffering happens when we expect life to be something more and different than what it is in the present moment. When we let go of all expectations, there is peace.”

“The point of language puts us in the same position as lightning.”

“A moment was not a single moment at all, but rather an infinite number of different moments, depending on who was seeing things and how.”

“For benefits by their very greatness spotlight the difference in conditions and arouse a secret annoyance in those who profit from them. But the charm of simple good manners is almost irresistible.”

“Learn the difference between busyness and accomplishments.”