Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in womens lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with womens menstrual cycles. – Carol P. Christ
If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity. – Sun Tzu
Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain…. [A]ccept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet