because we are always staring at the stars, we learn the shortness of our arms.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

The moment when man acquires maximum knowledge is his LAST breath... You never know whats the truth

The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

As of right now, I am in love with her, and that love is the biggest problem in my life.

Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy. Being happy makes you want to talk, to go over everything, to share it so you can remember it all over again.

Nature has no Laws — only habits.

You can't be afraid until you have no other option but to be afraid.

For a sensation to be felt as pain is for it to be pain

Idiots don't know they're idiots, which is unfortunate.

In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.