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31 quotes
American writer
“It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.”
"A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be."
on Philosophy
"Understanding begets empathy and compassion even for the meanest beggar - Oromis"
on Wisdom
"The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories."
on Time
"Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis"
on Fear
"The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true."
on Anxiety
"Power without moral direction is the most dangerous force in the world."
on Ethics
"I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not what we want but what needs to be done."
on Life
"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."
on Mindfulness
"If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm"
on War
"Death is part of who we are. It guidesus. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end"
on Death
"The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough."
"Learn to see what you are looking at."
"Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not."
"Do not stalk your prey until you are sure it is prey"
"Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language."
on Art
"When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it."
"Understanding breeds empathy."
"Wise? No, I simply learned to think."
"The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose."
"Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us."
on Love
