Miss Searle had always considered boredom an intellectual defeat.

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once.

It is better to believe in men too rashly, and regret, than believe too meanly. Men could be more than they are, if they would try for it. He has shown them that.

It is bitter to lose a friend to evil before one loses him to death.

All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?

A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.

Often beauty grows dull or common when speech breaks the mask.

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

They say that maths is a language. So how do I order a pizza with extra cheese in maths?

Very often we sit back thinking good things will happen, knowing that good things take time and hoping that someone else will do it. The world needs us!

Who hears music feels his solitude peopled at once.

Decorators should always remember that letting a client see too many beautiful things is a pitfall.

Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)

A nasty letter or a sarcastic one can make you righteously angry, but what can you do about a polite letter of rejection? Nothing, really, except cry.

I know that spinning sets me in a trance; it soothes me and charges my batteries at the same time. When times are tough I sit down to spin during the news-broadcasts, with therapeutic results.

For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.