Daniel Defoe

"We may know by the simple act of looking that God is truth."

"He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions."

"The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to refinement."

"Mankind are governed by passion."

"Adventure is the best teacher."

"There is no greater satisfaction in life than being able to say that you have done your duty."

"The worst of all services that can be done to a community is to corrupt its youth."

"Fate has a way of dealing cards that demand we play them."

"To retire to the country is not to quit the world but to change its appearance."

"The true measure of wealth is not what one has, but what one can afford to lose."

"A man may be a rover in his heart though his feet never leave his homeland."

"Knowledge is not power unless it is applied with wisdom."

"The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity."

"To have arrived at the edge of uncertainty is progress."

"Peace is the product of truth."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time."

"When a man acts against his nature, he acts against his destiny."

"The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people."

"Fear and doubt are the chains that bind us to mediocrity."

"In all our searching for meaning, we often overlook the obvious."

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."

"A man without ambition is a man without purpose."

"The hand of fate writes with strange letters."

"To judge a man requires understanding his circumstances."

"The greatest warfare is against one's own nature."

"A friend is one who believes in you even when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

"Every person is a book of their own making."

"The body may age but the spirit can forever remain young."

"Leadership is not dominion but service."

"The poor are not poor because they lack resources but because they lack imagination."