“He ne'er is crown'd
With immortality, who fears to follow
Where airy voices lead.”

“Immortality,' said Crake, ' is a concept. If you take 'mortality' as being, not death, but the foreknowledge of it and the fear of it, then 'immortality' is the absence of such fear. Babies are immortal. Edit out the fear, and you'll be…”

“Where my guides lead me in kindness
I follow, follow lightly,
and there are no footprints
in the dust behind us.”

“seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here”

“Up the airy mountain,
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting,
For fear of little men.”

“People more willingly follow a leader who knows where he is going.”

“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”

“Can you imagine the emptiness of knowing that you stood for nothing, that you risked nothing, that all you did was follow fearful people to where they were already going rather than trying to lead them to a better place.”

“Everyman has his own destiny: The only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.”

“Governments never lead; they follow progress. When the prison, stake or scaffold can no longer silence the voice of the protesting minority, progress moves on a step, but not until then.”