We are all born artists. The nature generally doesn’t discriminate among newborns with respect to art. Yet most of us try very hard as we grow, without knowing, to stop being artists.

There are things in life that science will never be able to see. We have to rely on what has been passed from our ancestors, generation to generation.

Availability of knowledge is only next to prevalence of stupidity in its overwhelming abundance.

Knowledge that can make miracles happen needs to be guarded carefully. If it falls into the wrong hands, miracles become disasters in no time.

It was a time when a degree was expected but not much respected.

A man wants too many things before marriage, but only peace after it.

Such delicacies are relationships.

No great soul, as they say, lives for very long. Because God desperately wants all the great people near him.

When the soul heals, the issues of the body disappear like they never happened.

A meeting is a collective tacit confession of participants’ unwillingness to work.

All the progress in science can’t be used to build a smell receptor as capable as the one that a true leader possesses—to smell trouble or just something fishy.

Otulissa swelled up to twice her normal size. 'Well, SPRINK ON YOUR SPRONK!

Don't think so much of your own Cunning, as to forget other Men's; a Cunning Man is overmatched by a cunning Man and a Half.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.

With the help of technology, teachers will be leaders in the transformation of education around the world.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

I was able to complete a motocross track at my house, and that's something I've always enjoyed. That time away is really what developed the passion I needed to come back and compete.

It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong.

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.