Quotes from Books

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

The question isn’t whether intelligent machines can have any emotions, but whether machines can be intelligent without any emotions.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

A man is defined by his actions, not by his words.

There is always another secret.

You cannot have a good life without a good mind.

The most important part of your life is the work you do for others.

There are no heroes. Only those who are left.

The mind is a fragile thing. It can be broken, and it can be mended.

Sometimes, you have to sacrifice everything to save what truly matters.

We are all living in the Metro. We are all living in the dark.

In the darkness, there is no good or evil. There is only survival.

Hope is a shard of light in the darkness, but it can be extinguished.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when we are under the influence of a delusion.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names.

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you get up to speak in public.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names.

A man who knows how to speak can easily convince a crowd.

It's like you’re trying to build something out of the darkness, and the more you try to build, the more you find yourself lost.

The Ringworld is a place where the laws of physics are bent to create a unique habitat for life.

We are the sum of our experiences, and every experience shapes us.

Man is not the measure of all things; the universe is vast and filled with wonders.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

We have a lot of fun together, and we are both very much in love with the idea of being in love.

The business world is full of surprises.

Success is often a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

Failure is a part of the business journey, and understanding it is crucial.

We are not in a position to talk about the relationship we have with each other.

I thought I was going to die, but I didn't.

You don't know what you want, but you know you want it.

We are all connected to each other, and to our past.

The human mind is capable of infinitely more than it knows.

The only thing that matters is what we believe.

What is real is not what we see, but what we feel.

Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.

The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.

I felt my whole life was a series of events that had been arranged to keep me from getting anywhere.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The blood blooms clean in you, Ruby. The blood blooms clean in you.

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

It is a simple truth, but it is also a truth that is often forgotten: that we must take the time to reflect on our lives.

We can never know what will happen to us in the future; we can only know what we have done in the past.

We all have to find our own way to be human.

If you’re not careful, you can lose your way and forget what you were meant to do.

You have to accept that you have a time limit, and that time is not on your side.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.

I felt very still and very empty. The way the eye of a tornado must feel, moving dully along in the middle of the revolving wind.

We gave you a choice. I just want to be myself.

What I want is to be able to live my life without a constant fear of being found out.

We all have to find our own way to deal with the world.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The blood blooms clean in you, Ruby.

Dying is an art, like everything else. I do it exceptionally well.

I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.

The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people.

Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.

The conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.

We’ve got to make smoke up there—or die.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

I am not apt to be optimistic, but I believe the more we know about the world, the more we will appreciate it.

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.