Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people.

There's a saying that all roads lead to Ankh-Morpork. And it's wrong. All roads lead away from Ankh-Morpork, but sometimes people just walk along them the wrong way.

The worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.

Rincewind had always been happy to think of himself as a racist. The One Hundred Meters, the Mile, the Marathon -- he'd run them all.

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant ‘idiot.

...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main person they were trying to convince were themselves.

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.

To be the best in whatever you’re doing you need to have a master plan”.

He falls asleep believing he's been robbed, not knowing that the summoning of demons is almost always unwitting.

I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.

The only possible way to get somebody to change is to reach into their hearts.

He charged nothing for his preaching and it was worth it too.

If you are aware, you speak with awareness. But the awareness comes from the inward being. It flows from the inner being towards others.

There is a place deep inside every single on of our hearts that knows all the answers to our biggest questions.

The left, if you get them honest, will admit they know they're a minority.

Educate yourself on what's going on around the world where children are dying. Educate yourself on what's going on in Africa.

India claimed to have intervened in Sri Lanka to secure Tamil interests. In actual fact, India came to secure its own interests.