Music should make the spirit soar, take the breath away, touch the soul. Your work was just…pleasant tones, adequately performed.
Looking around, Ishmael noted that the humans in control here didn’t seem to care. Why is their religious fervor acceptable, while ours is a matter of scorn?
Look inside yourself and you can see the universe.
If you surrender, you have already lost. If you refuse to give up, though, no matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying.
I will take their ridiculous peace and shove it down their cold metal throats.
Some say that the anticipation of a thing is better than the thing itself. In my view, this is utter nonsense. Any fool can imagine a prize. I desire the tangible.
My child, human love is an infinite resource. No matter how many times it is expended, whether stolen or given away, love can grow again—like a flower from a bulb—and fill your heart.
Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.
Even the poorest House can be rich in loyalty. Allegiance that must be purchased by bribes or wages is hollow and flawed, and could break at the worst possible moment. Allegiance that comes from the h...
Do you know about the horrors during the Time of Titans? Or the Hrethgir Rebellions? I’ve read my father’s memoirs in great detail— I don’t mean Agamemnon’s propaganda. Have you learned the real histo...