When you insist someone submit to your will, it is accomplished most easily if you give them a small victory so they can retain their dignity while they do as you insist. ~ Kahlan Mother Confessor
Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.
Emotions are the end result, the sum, of things learned
Cara waggled a hand over the two of them. "It works better with your clothes off." Richard frowned. His voice came as a hoarse croak. "What?" She seemed mystified by the question. "I believe you will find such things work better without clothes." She put her hands to her hips. "I thought you would know at least that much.
After that, I came back every year. Everyone said, 'Well, when you retire you can move there.' But I said, 'Why should I live my whole life where I don't want to be.'
You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.
One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.
Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.
If God is so powerful, can he create a rock which he cannot lift?
If you are unwilling to defend your right to your own lives, then you are merely like mice trying to argue with owls. You think their ways are wrong. They think you are dinner.
Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.
Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.
It isn't what kind of house you have that matters. This is not happiness. It's what kind of mind you have, and how you care for your fellow man -- what you can do to help others who can be helped by no one else.
Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.
It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.
When you're the leader, everything is your fault.
Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.
To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love.
Richard," Kahlan said, "what about Siddin? Weselan and Savidlin will be worried sick over him." Her green eyes gazed deep into his. She leaned closer, and whispered, "And we have unfinished business in the spirit house. I believe there is still an apple there we have yet to finish." Her arm tightened around his waist, and a little twist of a smile came to her lips. The shape of the smile caught his breath in his throat.
Cut the attacker down, to cut them down to their very soul
You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself
Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.
Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.
Honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.
Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara
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