“Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.’…‘Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.’…‘Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.’…‘Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.’…‘And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.”

“Bad things cycle round and round. Those who were harmed seek to harm. Those who were blamed seek to blame. If we all choose to do otherwise, maybe someday it will stop.”

“We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.”

“Decades ago, our ancestors realized that it is not just political ideology, religious belief, race, or nationalism that is to blame for a warring world. Rather, they determined that it was the fault of human personality - of humankind's inclination towards evil, in whatever form that is. They divided into factions that sought to eradicate those qualities they believed responsible for the world's disarray.”

“I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her pupils”

“Those of us who are blamed when old for reading childish books were blamed when children for reading books too old for us.”

“My father says that those who want power and get it live in terror of losing it. That's why we have to give power to those who do not want it.”