"An idea meritocracy is a system that brings together smart people and smart concepts."

"Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive."

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

"Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good."

"Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do."