Call it devilish or divine, but once a man lets a thought become prevalent, it turns into reality.

Knowledge is power. The moment the masses acquire this power, control fades. And when control fades, chaos erupts.

Life is like riding a ship into the storm. For every wave you take up, you have to drop just as deep.

You must become your enemy to truly understand him.

The men history declares heroes are merely heroes because they failed to survive their benevolent acts.

Power is like a house of cards. Leave it alone and it will stand forever. But if you try to build it higher and higher, sooner or later it is bound to collapse.

Our cure for pain is the very root of it: Revenge.

Sometimes we hold the world in our hands, but in our greed for more let it fall, losing everything that we once had.

Darkness reveals truths that no sun can bring to light, for inside the heart of man resides a beast, only tamed by the shackles of the day.

For every God there is a Satan, and because God made all of us godly, there is a Satan in us all.

Sometimes justice is better served by those who have experienced the pain

I would have asked you to let down your hair" turning to regard her with a grin, his teeth a slash of white in his blackened face."But it is not quite long enough anymore.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

True happiness is not out there. True happiness lies within.

The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.

I've been buying the same lambrusco from Correggio [a town between Reggio-Emilia and Modena] since 1965.

You can't just suddenly change gears and reverse yourself or go to the left or the right because there is no left or right. There's always a certain direction that you're moving in.

Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of all human perception judgement and emotional reaction.

So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.'