"Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.."

"Remember tonight...for it's the beginning of forever."

"Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand."

"Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once."

"Forgiveness is God's greatest gift"

"Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is isolation that comes from being misunderstood, it can make people lose their grasp on reality."

"The media is the right arm of anarchy."

"Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base."

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

"Time is a river, and books are boats."

"Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war."

"Stand tall, smile bright, and let them wonder what secrets making you laugh!"

"Nothing in Christianity is original."

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

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

"Can you keep secrets? Can you know a thing and never say it again?"

"I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem."

"Learning the truth has become my life's love."

"Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone."

"Madness breeds madness."

"Skepticism has become a virtue. Cynicism and demand for proof has become enlightened thought. Is it any wonder that humans now feel more depressed and defeated than they have at any point in human history?"

"Religion is flawed, but only because man is flawed."

"Darkness feeds on apathy."

"The more man learned, the more he realized he did not know."

"We all fear what we do not understand."

"The truth can be glimpsed only through the eyes of death."

"The most dangerous enemy is that which no one fears!"

"There's just no substitute for the truth."

"Nobody tells you what you can and can't do."

"Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone."

"Dante's poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not so much about the misery of hell as it was about the power of the human spirit to endure any challenge, no matter how daunting."

"No love is greater than that of a father for His son."

"Buddha had said: "Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom."

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?"

"Sometimes a legend that endures for centuries... endures for a reason."

"One does not need to have cancer to analyze its symptoms."

"My lawyers will fricassee your testicles for breakfast. And if you dare board my plane without a warrant, your spleen will follow."

"Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer."

"The strange ideas we derive today will one day be our celebrated truths"

"Sometimes, divine revelation simply means adjusting your brain to hear what your heart already knows." Angels and Demons p. 484"

"If it wasn't painfully difficult, you did it wrong!"

"There comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense... a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve. - Bertrand Zobrist"

"I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments."

"I'm a fan of the truth... even if it's painfully hard to accept."

"Fear cripples faster than any implement of war."

"Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical."

"It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts."

"Sometimes to find truth one must move mountains"

"When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct."

"But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?"