Dan Brown

Wealth is commonplace, but wisdom is rare.

The secret is how to die.

Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

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

The blind see what they want to see.

In my experience, men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

Fortunately for you, we British judge man’s civility not by his compassion for his friends, but by his compassion for his enemies.

Nobody is more indoctrinated than the indoctrinator.

Those who seek the truth are more than friends. They are brothers.

[H]istory is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books—books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, "What is history, but a fable agreed upon?" By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.