In mockery are the seeds of impiety sown.

There is a Kretan proverb that says that peace is always “over there”, but that is no longer true: it is within our grasp.

It is the folly of men to believe that they are great players on the stage of history, that their actions might affect the grand procession that is the pasage of time.

I suppose that’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime,’ nodded Horus, ’to set an example, and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

The Emperor tells us that civilization will only achieve perfection when the last stone of the last church falls upon the last priest.

Common decency and civil behaviour are just a thin veneer over the animal at the core of mankind that gets out whenever it has the chance.

There is no shame in ignorance, only in denying it. By knowing what we do not know, we can take steps to remedy our lack of knowledge.

So long as Man endures, so too does Chaos.

Going from the pursuit of perfection in all things to ultimate depravity isn’t a journey anybody makes in one step, it’s a series of small ones – each one justifiable in its own isolated way. But after you’ve taken a hundred of those small steps, you’re a long way from who you were at the start.

No querida, la ignorancia y el miedo crean a los dioses, el entusiasmo y el engaño los adornan, y la debilidad humana rinde les rinde culto.