“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

“Be skeptical about this one. It's a great book. But try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

“In the Information Age, the first step to sanity is FILTERING. Filter the information: extract for knowledge.Filter first for substance. Filter second for significance. These filters protect against advertising.Filter third for reliability. This filter protects against politicians.Filter fourth for completeness. This filter protects against the media.”

“No matter how dim the light filtering through the trees is, you can still try your best to grasp it. -Kaien Cross”

“It's a sponge and I'm a sponge and for a second there all our sponge parts are one and I don't just have square pants, everything about me is squarish because I'm part of a wall.”

“I'm not used to people saying exactly what they think. Filtered talk is as popular as filtered water these days.”