Having books standing on a shelf in a room is like having completely different worlds at the ready, waiting to be explored.

The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.

We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.

God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

I know two types of law because I know two types of men, those who are with us and those who are against us.

When you like someone, you like them in spite of their faults. When you love someone, you love them with their faults.

Yes it is" Eragon said before his courage left him "just like you

What is man if the signs that predate him have such power? A human race has to invent sacrifices equal to the natural cataclysmic order that surrounds it.

He'd grown eager to hand off his things, as if the weight of his possessions kept him tethered to this earth, and by giving them away, he could snip those strings.

I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking.

Live a life worth remembering.

I'd love to have a child. Either one or 40. I love kids.

I'm 45, and I'm still at school, essentially. Even after being assigned to the mission, I had to write a number of exams, with people commenting on my performance.

Choosing to have a child you can't take care of is like farting in an elevator. Sure you got it out, but not it's everyone else's problem.

One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain.

Money is like a flower. If you squeeze it, you will crush the life out of it. You must let it blossom forth to reveal its full beauty.