Quotes from Books

The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it isn’t open.

We are not even aware of the choices that we are making.

The best decisions are often those that are made quickly and intuitively.

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Justice means minding your own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.

We begin by coveting what we see every day.

The world is more interesting with you in it.

I am legend.

The most profound truths are often the simplest.

There is no more important question than the one that asks what it is to be human.

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

Liberty is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

A democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to vote for the wrong candidate.

One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist.

What happened at Chernobyl is not just a scientific or technical problem; it is a human one.

The disaster is not just the past, it is the present and the future.

We are living in a world of terrible contradictions, and we need to understand them.

Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.

You have to believe in yourself. When you believe in yourself, you can do anything.

The only thing worse than being lost is not knowing you're lost.

For the first time, she is not afraid of death. She is not afraid of life.

The only way to live is to find what you love and let it kill you.

We are all made of star-stuff.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

There are no truths, only stories.

The only way to deal with the world is to go on living in it.

Music is a powerful thing, a force to be reckoned with.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

The Lord had a plan for my life, and I was going to follow it.

You can't allow yourself to be defeated. You must be persistent.

Success is not how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

Boundaries are a way of taking care of yourself.

You can’t set boundaries without making some people angry.

When you set a boundary, you are saying that you are worthy of being treated well.

If Jesus rose from the dead, it changes everything.

The evidence for Jesus is far more compelling than I ever thought.

Faith is not a leap into the dark; it’s a step into the light.

The question is not whether you will be tested, but how you will respond to the tests you face.

I came to realize that truth is not what you believe, but what you do.

In seeking Allah, I found Jesus, the answer to my deepest questions.

The truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.

There's a reason why people are afraid of the truth.

I don’t want to be a part of your world; I want to be my own.

The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it.

You don’t have to be a certain way to be loved.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.

The OASIS was the most important thing in my life, and I was willing to do anything to win.

You can be whoever you want to be in the OASIS.

I was a geek, and I was proud of it.

Good strategy is about focusing on the critical issues that will determine the outcome.

The essence of good strategy is making tough choices.

A good strategy is one that can produce results and achieve objectives.

I give you my hand, I give you my heart, I give you my promise.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

I am not a man, I am a condition.

Memory believes before knowing remembers.

I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire; I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

I was not sure that I had not lost my mind, but I was sure that I was not going to lose it.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

What a terrible thing it is to wound someone you really care for and to care for them even after you wounded them.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

The Aleph is the point at which all things are connected.

When you find your soulmate, you will feel as if you have known them forever.

Life is about the journey, not the destination.

There’s a reason why they call it the American Dream. It’s a dream that always ends with a nightmare.

The mind can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The overlook is a place where the past is still alive; it’s a haunted house in the truest sense.