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Dan Brown Quotes: 29

  • Washington, D.C., has everything that Rome, Paris and London have in the way of great architecture - great power bases. Washington has obelisks and pyramids and underground tunnels and great art and a whole shadow world that we really don't see.

  • Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.

    Digital Fortress
  • Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.

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

    Angels & Demons
  • Great minds are always feared by lesser minds.

    The Lost Symbol
  • Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.

    The Da Vinci Code
  • God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

    Angels & Demons
  • 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.

    The Da Vinci Code
  • Faith ― acceptance of which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove.

    The Da Vinci Code
  • 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.

    Angels & Demons
  • Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

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

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

    The Lost Symbol
  • Small minds have always lashed out at what they don't understand.

  • 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.

    Angels & Demons
  • Forgiveness is God's greatest gift

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

    The Lost Symbol
  • Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

    The Lost Symbol
  • Learning the truth has become my life's love.

    The Da Vinci Code
  • Don't tell anyone, but on the pagan day of the sun god Ra, I kneel at the foot of an ancient instrument of torture and consume ritualistic symbols of blood and flesh. ...And if any of you care to join me, come to the Harvard chapel on Sunday, kneel beneath the crucifix, and take Holy Communion.

    The Lost Symbol
  • Darkness feeds on apathy.

    The Lost Symbol
  • 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.

    Angels & Demons
  • It seemed there was always a close correlation between true believers and high body counts.

    Angels & Demons
  • Science tells me God must exist.My mind tells me I'll never understand God.My heart tells me I'm not meant to. [Vittoria Vetra]

    Angels & Demons
  • When his brain died, all of the memoriesheld in his gray matter, along with all of the knowledge he had acquired, would simply evaporatein a flood of chemical reactions.

    The Lost Symbol
  • Knowledge is power, and the right knowledge lets man perform miraculous, almost godlike tasks.

    The Lost Symbol
  • …Our sunsets have been reduced to wavelengths and frequencies. The complexities of the universe have been shredded into mathematical equations. Even our self-worth as human beings has been destroyed.

    Angels & Demons
  • The laws of physics is the canvas God laid down on which to paint his masterpiece

    Angels & Demons
  • ان الوحي الإلهي يعني أحياناً وبكل بساطة أن نضبط أذهاننا على نحو يخوّلنا سماع ماتعرفه قلوبنا

    ملائكة وشياطين