...because when beauty awes you, you must halt and try to catch your breath and your staggered heart.

The history of the world begins with a seed. The seed is the kernel of what you are, but it is also the promise of what you can become.

It's the ones who can't let go - of fear or anger, lust or greed, vanity or pride or power - who are most at risk of becoming corrupted.

A man gets used to riding on at the break of day. Comes to think that movement and noise is where life is, when after all there's life in stillness and quiet too.

Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence." "Tedious bedfellows," said Sergi.

We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is what we make of what we are.

Above all else, do not fear to climb the victory tower.

There's no secret to winning. Act boldly when you need to, and be cautious when you must.

Can we ever see the truth when desire blinds us? Or do we call it the truth because it is what we wish to see?

War was so simple, wasn't it? Much simpler than justice.

We don't have to accept the things we might change.

For people who say they hate being lied to, just start telling them nothing but the pure truth--about everything. That will teach them

The greatest treasures are books.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

I watch a lot of television. I always have.

At birth the Devil touched my tongue.

My tombstone? I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.'

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

Dancing with Kate Beckinsale made me very excited.

I am sweet, I am ugly, I am mean if you love me. I'll try hard just to please you, when I say I don't need you.

It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.