There’s been terrible things we seen, en’t there? And more a coming, more’n likely. So I think I’d rather not know what’s in the future. I’ll stick to the present.

You cannot change what you are, only what you do.

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.

All good things pass away.

One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being, on which the did happen.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

You speak of destiny as if it was fixed.

When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again.

That’s the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.

Hope holds you fast like an anchor so you don't give way.

when you're young you do think that things last forever unfortunately they don't Lyra.

We are limited only by our unwillingness to take action.

Language is power... Language can be used as a means of changing reality.

I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be.

I would never want to kill a human being.

I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride.

I dont call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I dont.

My personality does well with people who are deemed difficult. I don't know why it does but I just seem to get along with them. The more difficult the better.

I do not love the money. What I do love is the getting of it ... What other interest can you suggest to me? I do not read. I do not take part in politics. What can I do?