No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

Women have been trained in our culture and society to ask for what we want instead of taking what we want. We've been really indoctrinated with this culture of permission. But that time has passed.

A cynic always focuses on problems and not on possibilities.

And if I do fall asleep, Marla has to keep track of Tyler. Where he goes. What he does. So maybe during the day, I can rush around and undo the damage.

God doesn't demand from you what He hasn't committed to your hands...yes

I don't actually think “true love” is such a good term because love can only be true. If it isn't true it can't be love.

science progresses by trial and error, and when it is forbidden to admit error there can be no progress.

If you want to enjoy intimacy, you must learn to enjoy pain.

Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.