I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.

World population needs to be decreased by 50%

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

It is one of history's ironies that Communism, advertised as a classless society, tended to breed a privileged class of feudal proportions.

It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

Stop blaming others for the pains and sufferings you have. They are because of you, your karma, and your own disposition.

Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue not a companion in vice.

I used to pray that God would do this or that now I pray that God will make His will known to me.

The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming.

I keep a great organiser, I try to keep my priorities in the right place.

But it's a poor fellow who can't take his pleasure without asking other people's permission.

The way to art was not to think too clearly, not to plan things out, but to follow where your heart and emotions led.

Running a liberal paper is like feeding melted butter on the end of an awl to a wild cat.

If you ever think you're the only person in the world feeling a certain way, just please know that you're not.

I was born for Abegnation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met 'her', and...I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.