When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason

I do not trust the truth. It shifts into reality.

The slaves didn’t get out of slavery by first figuring out how to get out. They got out by first knowing they needed to get out.

There is only one thing that stands in our midst, attenuated and threatened, but enthroned in some power like a ghost of the Middle Ages: the Trade Unions.

I'm famous. That's my job.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.

The Buddhist version of poverty is a situation where you have nothing to contribute.

Reaching consensus in a group is often confused with finding the right answer.

For small businesses to thrive, they require an environment that is conducive for growth.

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.