Quotes from Dan Brown

Since the days of Michelangelo, sculptors had been hiding the flaws in their work by smearing hot wax into the cracks and then dabbing the wax with stone dust. The method was considered cheating, and therefore, any sculpture "without wax"—literally sine cera—was considered a "sincere" piece of art.

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to." How

Když bude život zlý, nech své srdce, aÃ…Â¥ ti ukáže cestu.

Religion is like language or dress. We gravitate toward the practices with which we were raised. In the end, though, we are all proclaiming the same thing. That life has meaning. That we are grateful for the power that created us." Langdon

creating myriad philosophies, mythologies, and religions to reassure us that there is indeed an order and structure to the unseen world.

the human thought, if properly focused, had the ability to affect and change

Letter to a Christian Nation.

Real world signore. You're in it tonight

When they face desperation Ã¢â'¬Â¦ human beings become animals.

Michael," she said, her voice raspy. "It's time to let go." "I can't." Tolland's eyes welled. "You're a survivor," Celia said. "You have to be. Promise me you'll find another love." "I'll never want another." Tolland meant it. "You'll have

the devout can always benefit from listening to nonbelievers. It is in hearing the voice of the devil that we can better appreciate the voice of God.

Nothing is more creative … nor destructive … than a brilliant mind with a purpose. By

the world has become a reality TV show.

Genius accepts genius unconditionally. -Anonymous

Religious communities cooperate better than nonreligious communities and therefore flourish more readily. This is a scientific fact!

When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere … the world will purge itself.

every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere Ã¢â'¬Â¦ the world will purge itself.' 

The famed library of Montserrat

I can't wait for this to come out in October!

From the Crusades, to the Inquisition, to American politics—the name Jesus had been hijacked as an ally in all kinds of power struggles.

Atheism is simply an admission of the obvious.

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

I believe, the pope continued, that in some cases forgiveness can be dangerous. When we forgive evil in the world, we are giving evil permission to grow and spread. When we respond to an act of war with an act of mercy, we are encouraging or enemies to commit further acts of violence. There comes a time when we must do as Jesus did and forcefully throw over the money tables, shouting: 'This will not stand !' - Pope Innocent XIV (palmarians)

That which is impenetrable to us really exists. Behind the secrets of nature remains something subtle, intangible, and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.'