The tales are only as dark as the teller.

Those who live without a great fire in their soul live in darkness.

Konig couldn't help but think of the man as a slab of walking muscle with all the intellect of a pair of cheap shoes.

Gefarhrgeist excelled at convincing themselves. It was their greatest strength and most terrible weakness.

No one thanks you for showing them the light.

For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.

Doubt grew only in the fertile darkness of solitude

Fate didn't stand in the way. Rather, they themselves were their own worst enemies.

The borders of man, defined by politics, war, and faith - all three manifestations of delusion - meant even more to gods.

Today's truth will be tomorrow's lie and you will be left questioning your own sanity.

The mirror ever lies.

Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say.

As regards moral courage, then, it is not so much that the public schools support it feebly, as that they suppress it firmly.

When I was twenty-something, I asked my father, “When did you start feeling like a grownup?” His response: “Never.

I'm sad to see the passing of the great drug warriors. I certainly did my part in that battle and I don't regret any of it.

Don't focus on the problem, focus on the PURPOSE.

Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.

Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.

No man is a hero to his valet de chamber

We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were.

America cannot commit to go to war on behalf of 50 countries around the world because that is the formula that is one day going to break down and break out into war.