"Helping someone feel they belong is a magic all its own."
- Seth Adam Smith
"Faith is the deepest and truest form of magic."
"No paint or dye can give so splendid a colour as gilding. The merit of their beauty is greatly enhanced by their scarcity. With the greater part of rich people, the chief enjoyment of riches consists ..."
- Adam Smith
"To attempt to increase the wealth of any country, either by introducing or by detaining in it an unnecessary quantity of gold and silver, is as absurd as it would be to attempt to increase the good ch..."
"The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities."
"Oh, my child, can you not see? You must let go of yourself. For if a seed wishes to live, it must sacrifice itself and grow outward, not inward."
"The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he understands it; and though his talents may not..."
"I am Mother Nature. All of creation bows before me. When people leave their cities and learn of me—walk in my woods, bathe in my rivers, eat of my harvest—they will find healing to their souls. But st..."
"You can't defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you."
"Don't give in to the darkness, for there is so much life ahead of you."