Education ... has produced a vast population...

"Education ... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." -G.M. Trevelyan

Some things look real...

"Some things look real but are not. And other things may appear to be of no consequence at all but are, in fact, invaluable." -The Longest Journey

Let yourself be silently drawn...

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray." -Rumi

I do not know why...

"I do not know why you look at me like that, she thought. You have lost a husband who did not love you. I have lost the chance to be queen of the world." -Colin Falconer

If good things lasted forever...

"If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?" -Bill Watterson; Calvin and Hobbes