"faith: Every worldview has to bring together reason and faith."

"life: I could die for you. But I couldn't, and wouldn't, live for you."

"arts: Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom."

"faith: But I don't know how to fight. All I know how to do is stay alive."

"hope: Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment."

"inspiration: For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool."

"wisdom: He hated when his own advice applied to himself."

"inspiration: Good days, they come around the oddest corners."

"faith: What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts."

"writing: Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted."

"knowledge: When we make judgements we're inevitably acting on limited knowledge, isn't it best to ask if we seek to understand, or simply let them be?"

"knowledge: The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. Transcendent knowledge is seeing reality in utter simplicity. (146)"