God always strives together with those who strive.

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

The air is Zeus, Zeus earth, and Zeus the heaven, Zeus all that is, and what transcends them all.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

Every small business has to become a publisher—a publisher of marketing messages and customer resources, and a publisher of stories.

Charm is simply a matter of being yourself. Your uniqueness is your power.

You could be the tastiest, most juiciest, most delicious peach out there in the world; there's still going to be people out there who don't like peaches .

The common person fears to think beyond the common.

Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

My mum Mary was always a bright, confident and fiercely independent lady.

I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.

As a believer is changed, receiving a glorified body, so similarly, the earth is changed into a new earth, unstained by sin.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.