Quotes from Ken Follett

Merthin stood and watched with tears pouring down his face.

Perhaps. Still, somehow Russia must join the twentieth century. Either we, the nobility, must do it, or the people will destroy us and do it themselves.

you should never believe a politician with simple answers.

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar… pero un presidente debe tenerlo

He was famous for holding meetings at which no one was allowed to sit down: he believed people reached decisions faster that way. The

Every man who ever robbed or raped or murdered had a mother, and many had wives who loved them and children who needed them. But they killed other women's husbands, and sold other men's children into slavery, and took other people's life savings to spend in alehouses and brothels. They must be punished.

su educación le había enseñado que actuar era preferible a quejarse.

Behold, a man in anguish bending Marked by pain and loss Yonder stony hill ascending Carrying a cross

O entonces o nunca.

we can find flaws in their methodology

o piensan que ese territorio es sagrado porque es donde los espíritus de sus ancestros se reúnen bajo la luna llena.

Me alegra prever los problemas, porque así soy capaz de abordarlos. El verdadero peligro son las sorpresas.

An Outline of European Architecture by Nikolaus Pevsner.

Black people who talked about prejudice were boring to whites, like sick people who recited their symptoms.

My fate is in the hands of two monarchs, Walter thought, the tsar and the emperor. One is foolish, the other geriatric; yet they control the destiny of Maud and me and countless millions more Europeans. What an argument against monarchy!

He would miss Pa, who all his life had told him things he would never forget, such as: "No matter how well you scarf two planks together, the joint is always the weakest part.

Este es nuestro país, y debemos tomar el control de él, tal y como han hecho los bolcheviques en Rusia

In year three, he became two years old, and so on. So this year, nine hundred and ninety-seven, he becomes nine hundred and ninety-six.

ascetically, his only earthly pleasure being to score points in

Sin embargo, un exceso de disciplina podía acabar con el pensamiento crítico.

Jesús le dijo: Tampoco yo te condeno; vete, y no peques más».

I identified four inherited traits that lead to criminal behaviour: impulsiveness, fearlessness, aggression and hyperactivity. But my big theory is that certain ways of raising children counteract those traits and turn potential criminals into good citizens.

He decided to raise the stakes. "I agree with much of what Brother Hildred says," he began. In an argument it was always wise to show respect for your opponent: people disliked antipathy.

Mankind is fallible, so we should not rely on our own reasoning. We cannot hope to understand the world - all we can do is stand amazed at God's creation. True knowledge only comes from revelation. We should not question received wisdom.