Like tiny gods, all that we say and do holds a power so great that any one of us in any given moment can be responsible for the birth of a new civilization or the collapse of our own.

People fear what they do not understand.

Always hear others out and remain open-minded the day you think you know everything is the day you have the most yet to learn.

The more a mind thinks upon something, the deeper it will take root and affect all subsequent and related thought.

Most physical battles begin once mental ones have been lost, anyway. Conquer the mind, conquer the body.

The mind thinks upon, processes, and remembers what the senses forget.

The lion does not need the whole world to fear him, only those nearest where he roams.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

[Everything you write is] not simply a collection of words, but a means of influence not to be taken lightly. Let your recipient's emotions be the gondola, and your words, its gondolier.

When you give people a choice, they believe they have power.

Tell me again, exactly what Dr. Thorn said.""Um, I hate middle school dances.""No, no. After that.

To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.

The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.

If you are too fond of new remedies, first you will not cure your patients; secondly, you will have no patients to cure.

The idea that marriage has to be for all time - that I don't understand.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

This is an elegant hotel! Room service has an unlisted number.

I have before seen other countries, in the same manner, give themselves to you when you are about to leave them.

Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.

Blood is a strange color. It's darker than you expect it to be.