Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding

A young man who had watched her eating with her fingers offered a set of chopsticks- those sticks for eating that had become so popular. He looked at her suggestively. Instead of blushing, she accepted the chopsticks boldly and continued to walk on, using them to eat noodle and vegetable dishes.

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.

If you fall into water, you may still be saved. But if you fall down in literary matters, there is no life left for you.

Then why do you want to know?"

"Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.