"Where there is love there is life."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison."

"Wisdom principle 8 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 97."

"I wish I could know everything ever, like that would be my wish - that's what I hope heaven is, that they tell you who shot JFK and all that stuff."

"Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul."

"I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need."

"God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?"