They were so ignorant, so naive, so resigned to their lot. They refused to believe anything that didn't fit in with what they were used to believing.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

Man needs what's worst in him in order to achieve what's best in him.

There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat.

Love, too, was just a question of time

Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.

And one more thing: you still believe that man can be good. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't have invented all this nonsense to convince yourself otherwise.

Even God has a hell: his love of Mankind.

Men who have nothing to lose never give a thought for eternal life.

Evil would never bring Good, however much they wanted to believe that it would. By the time they discovered the truth, it would be too late.

It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

But in the end I'd marry her to the one she herself loved. To a father, the man his daughter falls in love with herself always seems the worst. That's how it is.

Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

Mythologies become exhausting burdens, from a writer's perspective.

While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at different angles to use later.

Your people come first, and if you treat them right, they'll treat the customers right.

Who will sacrifice nothing, and enjoy all, is a fool.

A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God.

As a builder, you don't get many stats or achievements, but you get a lot of rewards seeing those players succeed.

Money is a function of value creation. The more value you create for other people, the higher the sales of your organization.