What man is happy? He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind, and a docile nature.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

Avoid doing what you would blame others for doing.

Nothing is more active than thought, for it travels over the universe, and nothing is stronger than necessity for all must submit to it.

Who is happy? This is a person, who has a healthy body, is dowered with peace of mind and cultivates his talents.

The past is certain, the future obscure.

All things are from water and all things are resolved into water.

We live not, in reality, on the summit of a solid earth but at the bottom of an ocean of air

If there is neither excessive wealth nor immoderate poverty in a nation, then justice may be said to prevail.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him.

People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results.

You need to find yourself a new hero." - Skulduggery Pleasant.

After a hundred years Nobody knows the place, Agony, that enacted there, Motionless as peace.

Boxing is what pays my bills.

When a book of mine comes out, I instantly go hunting the net, not for praise, but for criticism, because that's how you learn, from people who don't have to be polite to you.

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

God made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.

I would rather stare at the wall for half an hour than watch an episode of any of the 53,801 Australian soap operas now cluttering up UK TV.

Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.