Quotes from Dan Brown

Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.

Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

History 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?

Google' is not a synonym for 'research'.

Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

Nothing captures human interest more than human tragedy.

Our minds sometimes see what our hearts wish were true.

The decisions of our past are the architects of our present.

These books can't possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all time." Faukman's eyes went wide. "Don't tell me Harry Potter is actually about the Holy Grail." "I was referring to the Bible." Faukman cringed. "I knew that.

Faith is universal. Our specific methods for understanding it are arbitrary. Some of us pray to Jesus, some of us go to Mecca, some of us study subatomic particles. In the end we are all just searching for truth, that which is greater than ourselves.

Everyone loves a conspiracy.

Faith ? acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

The human mind has a primitive ego defense mechanism that negates all realities that produce too much stress for the brain to handle. It's called Denial.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

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.

Open your minds, my friends. We all fear what we do not understand.

God, grant me strength to accept those things I cannot change.

The Bible did not arrive by fax from heaven. The Bible is the product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book.

By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.

Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel.

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

What really matters is what you believe.

The power of human thought grows exponentially with the number of minds that share that thought.