But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate. Terry Goodkind More Quotes by Terry Goodkind More Quotes From Terry Goodkind Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight Terry Goodkind sightbeautifulmen There were those who loved liberty, who cried out to live their own lives, to strive, to rise above, to achieve, and those bent on the mindless equality of stagnation brought about through the enforcement of an artificial, arbitrary, gray uniformity--those who wanted to transcend through their own effort, and those who wanted others to think for them and were willing to pay the ultimate price. Terry Goodkind effortlibertythinking Truth has advocates who seek understanding," Richard said. "Corrupt ideas have miserable little fanatics who attempt to enforce their beliefs through intimidation and brutality... through faith. Savage force is faith's obedient servant. Violence on an apocalyptic scale can only be born of faith because reason, by its very nature, disarms senseless cruelty. Only faith thinks to justify it. Terry Goodkind understandingideasthinking Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self. Terry Goodkind wizardstruth-isself Those who have come here to hate should leave now; for in their hate, they only betray themselves. Terry Goodkind betrayalhateleave-me-alone Only a fool walks into the future backwards. Terry Goodkind backwardsfoolwalks Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy. Terry Goodkind fancyfavorsway Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey. Terry Goodkind destinationjourney There is no place so dangerous as a world without magic. Terry Goodkind dangerousmagicworld Think of the solution, not the problem Terry Goodkind prison-breakproblemthinking There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts or deeds that are wicked, and in the worst of us, at least some virtue. An adversary is not one who does loathsome acts for their own sake. He always has a reason that to him is justification. My cat eats mice. Does that make him bad? I don't think so, and the cat doesn't think so, but I would bet the mice have a different opinion. Terry Goodkind catpeoplethinking She looked so beautiful in the moonlight, but it wasn't only the way she looked, it was what was inside her, everything from her intelligence and courage to her wit, and the special smile she gave only to him. He would slay a dragon, if there were such a thing, just to see that smile. He knew he would never want anyone else for as long as he lived. He would rather spend the rest of his life alone than with someone else. There could be no one else. Terry Goodkind dragonsbeautifullong Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become. Terry Goodkind made Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor. Terry Goodkind effortriskpeople Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble. Terry Goodkind dyingwatermen You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life. Terry Goodkind existencefirst-lovefirsts I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine. Terry Goodkind misplacedmainecosmos Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be. [it's a good point - pretty hard to argue with that sort of logic really isn't it! Terry Goodkind logicarguingwant Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent. Terry Goodkind pityinnocentguilty People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true. Terry Goodkind stupidbelievelying
