Reptilelike, we humans slink close to the ground, mired in the mud of our animal nature and the muck of our cultural prejudices.  Yet, like birds, we are also of the spirit, capable of soaring in the heavens, transcending our narrow-mindedness and sinful proclivities.  Our task is to come to terms with our dragonhood.

~ M. Scott Peck

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

~ Rainer Maria Rilke