"If I talk all the time I don't hear what anyone else has to say. Then I'll end up in the situation of having nothing to talk about but my own talking. So in exactly the same way, if I think all the time, I won't have anything to think about except thoughts." - Alan Watts
May the stars carry your sadness away, may the flowers fill your heart with beauty, may hope forever wipe away your tears, and, above all, may silence make you strong. - Chief Dan George
"Do you know what's worse than a villain? A villain who thinks he's a hero. A man like that, there's nothing he won't do, and he'll always find himself an excuse." - Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings