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Self-confidence depends on environment: one does not speak in the same tone in the drawing room than in the kitchen.

Madame Bovary

These then are some of my first memories. But of course as an account of my life they are misleading, because the things one does not remember are as important; perhaps they are more important.

Moments of Being

Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.

Macbeth

Ben, why should anybody want that much power?" "Why does a moth fly toward light?

Stranger in a Strange Land

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

Some Mistakes of Moses

What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and amuse, and succeeds?

The Shock of the New

Since defeat in the Struggle must always be envisaged, the preparation of one's own successors is as important as what one does for victory.

Selections from the Prison Notebooks

Where does love reveal itself? In beds, sofas, bathtubs – each section of a department store has its advantages.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers

A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?

Skulduggery Pleasant

A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?" "Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

Survivor

People say the government makes no money, but that’s not true. They make money like any bandit or robber does.

Sleepwalking is restercise

If man traveled as a centipede does, rather than with two self-interested steps at a time, more common ground would get covered.

Sleepwalking is restercise

Proactive and productive change is something that does not come easy for most people, yet is one of the main reasons successful people succeed.

Selling Simplified

Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go.

The Sword in the Stone

One does not advance when one walks toward no goal, or - which is the same thing - when his goal is infinity.

On Suicide: A Study in Sociology

This is the only way that you can hope to survive. Because life... is not a movie. Everyone lies. Good guys lose. And love... does not conquer all.

Swimming with Sharks

But that's what love is, isn't it? When it hurts you more to see someone suffer than it does to take the pain away?

The Storyteller

Scientology does not teach you. It only reminds you. For the information was yours in the first place.

Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought

Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.

Turning Angel

Once an athlete feels his coach does not believe in him resentment develops and everyone loses at that point.

Team Of One: We Believe