“…for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars.”

“Into this wild-beast tangle these men had been born without their consent, they had taken part in it because they could not help it; that they were in jail was no disgrace to them, for the game had never been fair, the dice were loaded. They were swindlers and thieves of pennies and dimes, and they had been trapped and put out of the way by the swindlers and thieves of millions of dollars.”

“An angry man will find himself in an angry world, and a swindler will find himself in a world of thieves whom he dare not trust. Like attracts and mirrors like.”

“This time James Swindler strode into the room. It had always irritated Jack that Swindler had the uncanny knack to give the impression he belonged, regardless of the surroundings. He’d probably look comfortable strolling through Buckingham Palace.”

“The reason the ancients had spiritual effect in learning the way was that the theiving mind had died completely. If the thieving mind does not die entirely away, there is no way you will ever attain self-fulfillment. Speaking in simple terms, if you kill off a tenth of the thieving mind, you’ve learned a tenth of the way; if you kill off five tenths of the thieving mind, you’ve learned five tenths of the way. When the thieving mind is entirely gone, eventhing is the way.”

“Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers”