“The symbol for the Environment Ministry is the eye of a tortoise, for the long view—the understanding that nothing comes cheap or quickly without a hidden cost.”

“Who cannot give good counsel? 'Tis cheap, it costs them nothing.”

“Come, thou tortoise!”

“Almost without words, you’ve come to this world, which understands nothing without words.”

“Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.”

“It costs a lot of money to look this cheap”

“Anything that just costs money is cheap.”

“Things which cost nothing are those which cost the most. Why? Because they cost us the effort of understanding that they are free.”

“WE HAVE SEEN that hunger and breathing are desires of the body. There are other desires that are not of the body, but again man seldom pauses to observe these desires in himself. For us who are observers of ourselves there can never be a hidden desire or hidden motivation. If we are always observing ourselves nothing hidden can come in without being spotted, and nothing hidden can get done, because we (the master) are always there.”

“There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.”