Quotes from Dan Brown

Imagine how different a world might be if more leaders took time to ponder the finality of death before racing off to war.

Nothing is hidden that will not be made known; nothing is secret that will not come to light.

Throughout history, every period of enlightenment has been accompanied by darkness, pushing in opposition. Such are laws of nature and balance.

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

Buddha had said: "Each of us is a God. Each of us knows all. We need only open our minds to hear our own wisdom.

I spent some time in India and thought I might write about Hinduism. But it's so far removed from my experience I couldn't even get my mind around it to write about it.

Madness is the WHO staring into the abyss and denying it is there. Madness is an ostrich who sticks her head in the sand while a pack of hyenas closes around her. - Lanky Man with green eyes

I've always been captivated by the Voynich Manuscript - the mysterious, 15th-century encrypted codex that still baffles cryptologists, linguists, and historians.

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Chaos was the natural law of the universe. Indifference was the engine of entropy. Man's apathy was the fertile ground in which the dark spirits tended their seeds.

I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy. I've got to be puffing and sipping.

I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.

Remember tonight...for it's the beginning of forever. - Dante Alighieri

Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once.

Believe me, I know what it's like to feel all alone...the worst kind of loneliness in the world is the isolation that comes from being misunderstood, It can make people lose their grasp on reality.

Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.

Wide acceptance of an idea is not proof of its validity.

The media is the right arm of anarchy.

Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn, and the faster we expand our knowledge base.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis.

Time is a river, and books are boats.

stand tall, smile bright, and let them wonder what secrets making you laugh!

Even the technology that promises to unite us, divides us. Each of us is now electronically connected to the globe, and yet we feel utterly alone.

Denial is a critical part of the human coping mechanism. Without it, we would all wake up terrified every morning about all the ways we could die. Instead, our minds block out our existential fears by focusing on stresses we can handle—like getting to work on time or paying our taxes.