No hunter of the sky should end his days as prey. Better to die on the wing than pinned to the ground. [Saphira]

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

If he fancied her anymore," Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, "I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself." "Saphira!" Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.

I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?