"Even without his robes an arahant is recognized simply by the effect his metta has in a crowd."

“Being a friend of Fischer obviously is no undivided pleasure, though being Fischer seems sadder.”

“I have received your letter of the 6th, with the eloquent discourse delivered at the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue. Having ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect, and the secure enjoyment of it as the best human provision for bringing all either into the same way of thinking, or into that mutual charity which is the only substitute, I observe with pleasure the view you give of the spirit in which your sect partake of the blessings offered by our Government and laws.”

“I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.”

“Is there a chance? A fragment of light at the end of the tunnel? A reason to fight? Is there a chance you may change your mind? Or are we ashes and wine?”

Source : Song: Ashes and Wine, Album: One Cell in the Sea, 2007

“An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.”

“Turn on the news and see how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single 'victim' of Columbine?”

“Romance is all about making a story out of our love”

Source : Interview with Adrian Comeau, "I Am Other People" interview series, www.asofterworld.com.

“To be in the mind and to be known are the same thing: in this domain esse est percipi.”