“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”

“The stone loves you. Don't you see it? Hasn't it shown you its love all your life?”

“If the other fellow can't tell you his story, you can never be sure he isn't trying to kill you.”

“we're all trying to decide wether your scores are up there are a miricule or a mistake.a habit”

“We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake.""A habit. ”

“If the followers of the Oversoul are kept blind, if they can't judge the Oversoul's purpose for themselves, then they aren't freely choosing between good and evil, or between wise and foolish, but are only choosing to subsume themselves in the purposes of the Oversoul How can the Oversoul's plans be well-served, if all its followers are the kind of weak-souled people who are willing to obey the Oversoul without understanding? I will serve you, Oversoul, with my whole heart I'll serve you, if I understand what you're trying to do, what it means. And if your purpose is a good one... I will not be tamed, only persuaded. I will not be coerced or led blindly or tricked or bullied -- I am willing only to be convinced. If you don't trust your own basic goodness enough to tell me what you're trying to do, Oversoul, then you're confessing your own moral weakness and I'll never serve you.”

“I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.”