"There is no illusion great than fear...." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“Learn from the people. Plan with the people. Begin with what they have. Build on what they know.”

“Those who would take over the earth and shape it to their will, never, I notice succeed.”

“Let people take death seriously, and not travel far.”

“It is the man that has nothing to lose or is willing to lose everything to beat you that I am afraid of. If a man is willing to lose his life to bite off my nose then I don't care how good I am or what I do to him- he's gonna get my nose.”

“It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children”

“One way to drive fear out of a relationship is to realize that your partner's values are the same as yours, that what you care about is exactly what they care about. In my opinion, that drives fear out and makes for a great partnership, whether it's a corporate partnership or a marriage.”

“When you go to war as a boy, you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed, not you... Then, when you are badly wounded the first time, you lose that illusion, and you know it can happen to you.”

“The illusion is an agreement between the reader and writer that this [story] will be like life. The emotional temperature drops when you have footnotes.”

“Just as real events are forgotten, some that never were can be in our memories as if they happened.”