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• It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.

  Terry Goodkind

  Sheep, Mind, Doe

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.720, Head of Zeus

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• Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason’s light. Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death.

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  Light, Evil, Giving

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Faith Of The Fallen”, p.366, Head of Zeus

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• Every person's life is theirs by right. An individual's life can and must belong only to to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave.

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  Community, Life Is, Slave

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• If something is wrong, it matters not if a thousand men are for it; you must still oppose it. If something is just, no amount of popular outcry should stay you from your course.

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  Men, Matter, Should

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Naked Empire”, p.327, Head of Zeus

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• Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.

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  Admitting, Firsts, Steps

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Faith Of The Fallen”, p.146, Head of Zeus

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• Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence.

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  Character, Men, Intelligence

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.56, Head of Zeus

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• Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

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  Honesty, Liars, Crowns

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.557, Head of Zeus

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Ideas, Understanding

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Confessor”, p.478, Head of Zeus

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• Knowing when to fight is just as important as knowing how.

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  Fighting, Knowing, Important

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• Knowledge is a destination. Truth, the journey.

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  Journey, Destination

  "Blood of the Fold". Book by Terry Goodkind, 1996.

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• I love you," she whispered. Richard pulled her tight against him. His fingers traced a trail down the bumps of her spine. "I feel so frustrated that there aren't any better words than "I love you,"" he said. "It doesn't seem enough for the way I feel about you. I'm sorry there aren't any better words to tell you." "They are words enough for me." "Then, I love you, Kahlan. A thousand times, a million times, I love you. Forever.

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  Sorry, Love You, Forever

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.69, Head of Zeus

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• Right and wrong are not the product of census.

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  Census, Products

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• many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader who will cut the taller plants so the sun will reach them. They think no plant should be allowed to grow taller than the shortest, and in that way give light to all. They would rather be provided a guiding light, regardless of the fuel, than light a candle themselves.

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  Cutting, Thinking, Light

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.134, Head of Zeus

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• But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to the best of our ability based on what we know. That’s why the truth is so important.

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  Ifs And, What If, Important

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The First Confessor: Sword of Truth: The Prequel”, p.181, Head of Zeus

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• 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.

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  Thinking, Effort, Liberty

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Faith Of The Fallen”, p.514, Head of Zeus

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• We all can be only who we are, no more, no less.

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  Philosophical, Who We Are

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The First Confessor: Sword of Truth: The Prequel”, p.181, Head of Zeus

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• 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.

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  Men, Water, Dying

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.183, Head of Zeus

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• In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

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  Believe, Hours, Darkest Hour

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Faith Of The Fallen”, p.468, Head of Zeus

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• The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

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  Humorous, Drinking, Thinking

  "Sword of Truth". Series of novels by Terry Goodkind, 1994-2018.

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• 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.

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  First Love, Firsts, Existence

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The Pillars Of Creation”, p.448, Head of Zeus

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• Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight

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  Beautiful, Men, Sight

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood Of The Fold”, p.406, Head of Zeus

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• If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.

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  Pride, Simple, Self

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• 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.

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  Beautiful, Dragons, Long

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• ...think of the solution, not the problem. If your mind was filled only with thoughts of why you were going to lose, then you couldn't think of how to win.

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  Winning, Thinking, Mind

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood Of The Fold”, p.307, Head of Zeus

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• Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.

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  Sometimes, Life Is, Desperate

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Stone Of Tears”, p.290, Head of Zeus

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