"Dreamers of the Day"

"A true prophet sees others, not himself. He helps them define their own half-formed dreams, and puts himself at their service. He is not diminished as they become more." - Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day

Also from Dreamers of the Day...
"Usually the next war is being planned before the ink on the treaty is dry."

"All men dream...but not equally. Those who dream by night wake in the day to fnd that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible."

"It was not scandalous or sinful or dangerous to understand a different point of view...it was simply good manners and a more interesting way to live."

"Foreigners nearly always wish to simplify the Middle East, Agnes. They cannot tolerate to feel ignorant long enough to understand it."