Quotes

The things that others have always seem better than what you have.

“It strikes me that religion—in its essence—seeks to take natural events and ascribe supernatural causes to them. I, however, seek to take supernatural events and find the natural meanings behind them. Perhaps that is the final dividing lin...

Sometimes we find it hardest to accept in others that which we cling to in ourselves.

I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.”

“I can’t decide if it’s dishonest or not.” “It’s not dishonest; it’s business.”

...life deals out unexpected joys and sorrows, and we can but treasure or suffer each.

‘Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.’ ”

To Marcus the true measure of his wealth was that whenever he saw someone in need of help, he could provide it. Moreover, that wealth afforded him a unique luxury: he would never have to ask for such a favor in return.

I cannot live in the past. It is foolishness to do so.

“Too many of us,” she said, “take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes. Wouldn’t you say?”

People were so easily fooled. All you had to do was give them a reason to believe something and they would almost always do so.

Failure is preferable to winning through unjust means.

“It’s just another war. If they weren’t fighting one another, they’d find others to attack. It’s what we do. Vengeance, honor, riches, religion—the reasons all just produce the same result.”

“The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon. Too often, we forget that.”

The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.