219 quotes
There is less danger, gentlemen, in living according to a set of high moral principles than most politicians believe.
The Land Leviathan (1974)
It is many years since I have wielded a weapon larger than a pen, borne anything weightier than a difficult problem in philosophy.
The Runestaff (1969)
The barbarians don’t come from outside the walls any more, do they?
The English Assassin (1972)
Again that smile of exquisite and self-congratulatory piety.
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
An unquestioned creed is a noose about the throat of Reason.
The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
Stagnation’s no substitute for stability.
The Condition of Muzak (1977)
Time and Matter are both ideas. Matter makes a more immediate impression on Man, but Time’s effects are longer lasting.
The Time Dweller (1969)
“In Hell you become what you fear yourself to be. In Heaven you may become what you hope yourself to be,” said Lucifer.
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
You desire power only for that most selfish of all ends, and therefore you know no boundaries in the seeking and the gaining of it.
The Revenge of the Rose (1991)
Listening to the conversation, his faith in the stupidity of human nature was fully restored.
The Winds of Limbo aka The Fireclown (1965)
Socialists are always quarreling amongst themselves, because of the strong element of messianism in their creeds.
The Steel Tsar (1981)
Can Hell and Heaven be merely the difference between ignorance and knowledge?
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
“Human love,” says Fallogard Phatt, turning his eyes from his vision, “it is finally our only real weapon against entropy...”
The Revenge of the Rose (1991)
“It is your capacity for love that makes you strong, Prince Corum.”
“And my capacity for hate?”
“That directs your strength.”
The Knight of the Swords (1971)
“You only need fear the bees if you’ve broken the law.” That familiar phrase was used to justify every encroachment on citizens’ liberty.
The Lost Canal (2013)
Everything may exist for a short while—even justice. But the true state of the universe is anarchy. It is the mortal’s tragedy that he can never accept this.
The Knight of the Swords (1971)
“Women are always underestimated by men,” said Alisaard, a note of satisfaction in her voice, “and this enables them sometimes to gather far more power to themselves than the men suspect.”
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Do not speculate, Sedenko, on things for which no evidence exists. You will waste your time.
The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
Your imagination is notoriously poor. Not everyone holds identical ambitions to your own!
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
“I am already late, I fear. What time is it?”
“Time? Why the present, of course.”
The Time Dweller (1969)