Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

The raven – Asker – immediately cawed. It sounded suspiciously like laughter. “Not... be afraid of Asker.” The raven’s button eyes gleamed. “He only eats worms… you are not worm.

Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.

You cannot walk on the water of hunger, misery, and death. You have to wade through to record them.

Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it. They can scare us, and they can comfort us.

The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.

Begin nothing without considering what the end may be.

Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

If a relationship is founded on love it doesn't end

A School Library is Like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero.

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.