“Without trade the world will become what it was oncea hell where only the strongest arm and the heaviest lash was law. The meek will never inherit the earth. Aye, but at least they can be protected...”

“Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way.”

“Only a real man has the right to stand at the pinnacle.”

“So easy now that Elder Sister has explained to her what all young girls in houses are taughtthat with care and meticulous acting and tears of pretended pain and fear, and the final modest telltale ...”

“Stop fighting me!" he said, trying to pull on the arm he held.He was in a precarious position himself, straddling the rail as he tried to lean over far enough to get me and actually hold onto me.Le...”

“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine...”

“Why is it that blood, rather than peace, sells?”

“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people b...”

“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.”

“And Lot's wife, of course, was told not to look back where all those people and their homes had been. But she did look back, and I love her for that, because it was so human. So she was turned into...”

“I could never be your godAnd I don't even think I want the job anymore”

“A stupid leader is like a dog whos in love with his own voice. He will bark incessantly believing that people admire his tune. A wise leader gets his point across in as few words as possible and th...”

“A leader, without wisdom, is dangerous. A wise person, without leadership, is useless. But if they work together, they are unstoppable.”