"The first casualty when war comes is truth."

"Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

"What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable."

"A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable."

"If confusion is the first step to knowledge, I must be a genius."

"Some relationships start with fights... But, usually only in romantic comedies. Life's not the movies."

"Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected."

"Take something you love, tell people about it, bring together people who share your love and help make it better. Ultimately, you'll have more of whatever you love for yourself and for the world."

"Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love."

"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die."

"Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated."

"Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies."