Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems. Ellis Peters More Quotes by Ellis Peters More Quotes From Ellis Peters Every man has within him only one life and one nature ... It behooves a man to look within himself and turn to the best dedication possible those endowments he has from his Maker. You do no wrong in questioning what once you held to be right for you, if now it has come to seem wrong. Put away all thought of being bound. We do not want you bound. No one who is not free can give freely. Ellis Peters dedicationgivingmen The mountains of today are the molehills of tomorrow. Ellis Peters mountaintomorrowtoday Youth is no less vulnerable, by the very quality it has of making the heart ache that beholds and has lost it. Ellis Peters youthqualityheart Brother Cadfael knew better than to be in a hurry, where souls were concerned. There was plenty of elbow-room in eternity. Ellis Peters elbowssoulbrother Integrity expects integrity. Ellis Peters integrity Death, after all, is the common expectation from birth. Neither heroes nor cowards can escape it. Ellis Peters cowardheroexpectations I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles. Ellis Peters desertmiraclebelieve Even a saint may take pleasure, in retrospect, in having been once desired Ellis Peters retrospectsaintmay Here I begin to know that blessedness is what can be snatched out the passing day and put away to think of afterwards. Ellis Peters blessednesspassingthinking I go to Prague every year if I can, value my relationships there like gold, and feel myself in a sense Czech, with all their hopes and needs. They are a people I not only love, but admire. Ellis Peters goldpeopleyears Beauty is a perilous gift. Ellis Peters beauty Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case. Ellis Peters bittersubstitutesmay The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears. Ellis Peters voiceearstalking One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man. Ellis Peters namesmenthinking What are wits for unless a man uses them? Ellis Peters witusemen Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. Ellis Peters lighttruthway There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. Ellis Peters truthevilcourage To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals. Ellis Peters protectionhave-faithheaven
