Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The generation that bought the most shoes and crippled the moral footing

A timesheet is the budget of time management

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God’s.

I think the obligation of a poet is not to be in an ivory tower; it is not to be isolated but to be among people.

We are committed and if we succeed we'll succeed magnificently, and if we fail it will be a magnificent failure. The magnificence is important.

My music is in young people's lives because it's so much a part of their parents' lives.

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.

No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand

With my old man I got no respect. When he took me hunting he gave me a three minute head start. Then on the way home he tied me to the fender and put the deer in the car.