It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without having a beginning. You must begin by all means.

Daniel: So, how are you?Sophie: Buckling under the weight of a thousand expectations. You?

I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange.

The best way to educate oneself is to become part of the revolution.

There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie and Dim, Dim being really dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar making up our rassoodocks what to do with the evening.

You can assume all photo and video is constructed as a fiction controlled by the person holding the camera and the person who is editing.

To be honest with you, being Bruce isn't easy.

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative.

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

Every mental pursuit takes its reality and worth from the ardour of the pursuer.