Men of passion and vision are often seen as mad.

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.

To be part of a family, or any community, is to have duties and responsibility, to be bound by the rules of that group.

I think I made a better boy than I do a man, I admitted ruefully to the wolf. Why not wait until you’ve been at it a bit longer and then decide? he suggested.