Never underestimate the ego of a politician.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

Force a hand, the voice warned, and it will fight you. But convince a mind to think as you want it to think, and you have an ally.

Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.

When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct.

Coincidence was a concept he did not entirely trust. As someone who had spent his life exploring the hidden interconnectivity of disparate emblems and ideologies, Langdon viewed the world as a web of profoundly intertwined histories and events. The connections may be invisible, he often preached to his symbology classes at Harvard, but they are always there, buried just beneath the surface.