Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

The men who made the joke saw something deep which they could not express except by something silly and emphatic.

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

Don't ask me to give in to this body of mine. I can't afford it. Between me and my body there must be a struggle until death.

I didn't know you were having a hard time. I really am unqualified to be a teacher. Hurting you there...I'm really sorry.

My books are always about someone obtaining a power to replace the previous sort of power that they held.

Because I was young, I had this long hair, and people used to try to tip me with joints.

As with a wound on one's own body, it is possible to develop an intimacy with the most disturbing of things

Every man carries the entire form of human condition.

If you believe in yourself and have passion, you can succeed.