Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that fun advice is.
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Whoever feels pain in hearing a good character of his neighbor, will feel a pleasure in the reverse. And those who despair to rise in distinction by their virtues, are happy if others can be depressed to a level of themselves.
Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is.
He who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
All I really wanted to do was cuddle back under the blankets, maybe with a certain stuffed toy penguin I knew. Yeah, hiding sounded good.
How did you-" Fool your guards? They're not very good, the forgot to check the ceiling for spiders."Valek grinned. His angular face softened.