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

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

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.

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.

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.

Memory is the coherence of life, that possesses all your emotions, and ambitions. Without it, your joyous as well as agonizing experiences of life won’t have any significance to you whatsoever.

Placing religious beliefs above law is a great recipe for destruction of entire human race.

O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely,

Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.

Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century.

The real tight interface is between the book and the reader-the world of the book is plugged right into your brain, never mind the [virtual reality] bodysuit.

For a human being, sadness is as powerful as terror. Sadness makes a warrior shed tears of blood.

You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

We should not live one more day ignoring the sh** that suffocates and strangles US keeping US imprisoned in our own communities.

There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with't