And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.

CHOAM is business and business follows profits.

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion, " Scytale murmured.

Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy.

I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.

What the eyes had seen could not be erased.

Stories were a living thing. They changed to suit the teller or the times.

We are not the policy department, except for those of us who are, " Jackaby revised.

Free love is too expensive.

Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.

In part because they had no choice, right? If you were a slave, you did what the master said. And they said to worship: "You're going to worship with us."

The question for writing then is this: how long are you willing to be unheard?

Always check your inner state with the lord of your HEART.

Men often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of folly to expect consideration and decency from a person who mistreats himself.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyone the sculpted flower.