Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

History is written by the winners.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

You are an ordinary person till the day you realise that you have the power to change the world!

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading. Not till the curiosity, the sheer narrative lust, has been given its sop and laid asleep, are we at leisure to savour the real beauties.

I think I would be happy in that place I happen not to be, and this question of moving house is the subject of a perpetual dialogue I have with my soul.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

I come straight from hell, Cell 23

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering.

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.

There’s no reason for you to know all that about me. My memories have never served good to anyone. (Acheron)

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.