Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.

Saying 'I could have done more,' Zin, is what marks a man as a man and not a God.

A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.

Faith is the truth of passion. Since no passion is more true than another, faith is the truth of nothing.

The world has long ceased to be the author of your anguish.

I tell you, guilt dwells nowhere but in the eyes of the accuser. This men know even as they deny it, which is why they so often make murder their absolution. The truth of crime lies not with the victim but with the witness.