Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

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

"Great minds are always feared by lesser minds."

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

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

"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."

"Darkness feeds on apathy."

"Knowledge is power, and the right knowledge lets man perform miraculous, almost godlike tasks."

"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."

"Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user."