Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.

But it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those very men of incorruptible virtue who condemned their spell and their effects.

And what would we be, we sinful creatures, without fear, perhaps the most foresighted, the most loving of the divine gifts?

El diablo no es el príncipe de la materia, el diablo es la arrogancia del espíritu, la fe sin sonrisa, la verdad jamás tocada por la duda.

Then why do you want to know?""Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.

Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.

He is, or has been, in many ways a great man. But for this very reason he is odd. It is only petty men who seem normal.

A human being must have an auxiliary means of discovering the truth, a means that exists outside of his own belief or outside any alleged revelation. Otherwise…well, who’s to say he isn’t insane?

Dogs are animals that poop in public and you're supposed to pick it up. After a week of doing this, you've got to ask yourself, "Who's the real master in this relationship?"

The opposite of every truth is just as true.

Cities are not problems. They are solutions.

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

The law of your mind is the law of belief. This means to believe in the way your mind works, to believe in belief itself.

Aspiring minds must sometimes sustain loss.

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them.

Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they come from because America is a big melting pot of diverse ethnicities. It's great to be part of this wonderful country.

I'm old enough to know better, but I'm still too young to care.