Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.

The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the wrong hands, fire can be highly destructive.

We are creators, and yet we naively play the role of "the created." We see ourselves as helpless sheep buffeted around by the God who made us. We kneel like frightened children, begging for help, for forgiveness, for good luck. But once we realize that we are truly created in the Creator's image, we will start to understand that we, too, must be Creators. When we understand this fact, the doors will burst wide open for human potential.

When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence.

Langdon turned to Sophie. "Who is that? What... happened?" Teabing hobbled over. "You were rescued by a knight brandishing an Excalibur made by Acme Orthopedic.