“The point is not how we use a tool, but how it uses us.”

“Attention is like energy in that without it no work can be done, and in doing work is dissipated. We create ourselves by how we use this energy. Memories, thoughts and feelings are all shaped by how use it. And it is an energy under control, to do with as we please; hence attention is our most important tool in the task of improving the quality of experience.”

“Its how we choose to use our powers that makes us good or evil.”

“[The White Rose] is relevant because it gives us an example that we can use... They are a sign of how we should strive to be.”

“We who hold the pen...and like bricks we use our words...how stupid of us...how naive...to even think for a second...that the pen was ever mightier than the sword.”

“we acknowledge love as a useful tool because we believe in the existence of pureness”