wisdom

You may think you're not blind, but can you see in the dark? _

Words are more dangerous than swords and guns. They reach further and hurt deeper.

It is safer to face a strong enemy in the field of battle, than to fight a war by the side of a weak friend.

A long time ago I lived in Lisbon,' she said, in softly slurred Portuguese that made the name of the city Leesh-boa. 'But before that, meus neto, my tribe was in the mountains where there are only old things, like the trees and the rocks and the streams. There are truths to be learned from the old things -' She hesitated, and her brown, shrunken claw closed over Pete's hand. 'Do you know the truth, Pedrinho?'("Before I Wake...")

Life is a chance at Evolution. Overcome yourself and Become. _

Light and Darkness. One cannot exist without the other. There is no true Master, without the power of balance. _

Do not judge others, without first judging yourself. There is no strength without knowing thyself. _

An evolved and balanced Ego can be a valuable tool for the Self. But a blinding one is always among the first footsteps into Oblivion. _

Close your eyes, and lo, they are opened! But never shall they close again.

I do know that the gardens of the first lands are still lying there, right under the skin of the world- pulsing the way our heartbeat drums under our own skin. And I believe that there's a connectedness between everything that gives some people a deep and abiding affinity to a certain kind of place or creature.""Like totems?""Maybe. Or maybe something even more personal- something that's impossible to articulate with the vocabulary we have at the moment.""This is too weird."Annie shrugged. "What can I say? It's getting late, the stars are out. Once the sun sets, I tend to embrace whatever wild spirits are running around in the darkness, talking away to each other. I leave the logic of streets and pavement and cars and tall buildings behind and buy into the old magics that they're whispering about. Sometimes those little mysteries and bits of wisdom stick to the bones of my head and I carry them right out into the sunlight again. They're like Jack's stories, true and not true, all at the same time. They don't exactly shape my life, but they certainly colour it." She glanced at him, "I wouldn't like to live in a world where everything's as cut-and-dried as most people think it is

Life is magical! You are magic!

There are some things even magic can__ fix.

Sometimes a fairy godmother needs more than magic.

No fairy godmother had ever spent time helping a poor and humble milk maid who was destined to die even poorer and humbler.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

For the entire history of humanity, we have stared into fires, hypnotized by the twitch and flow of the blues and yellows. We see the stars of alien skies reflected in the coals and divine messages in the dance of the flames. Fire is magic.

You can never get enough of adventure

Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.