He closed his eyes and sank into the warm dusk that separates consciosness and sleep, where reality bends and sways to the wind of thought, and where creativity blossoms in its freedom from boundaries and all things are possible.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom

Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.

Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do

The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but there was also much to admire within it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was able to accept the true nature of his self. He was not the best person in the world, but neither was he the worst.