For there is no higher religion than the Truth.

Beware what you speak,' said the Merlin very softly, 'for indeed the words we speak make shadows of what is to come, and by speaking them we bring them to pass, my king.

For there is no higher religion than the Truth.

Without a dream to light your way, the world is a very dark place.

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.

Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into darkness.

I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on their learning will learn, I trust, to listen to their priests for the true interpretations.' The Merlin smiled gently. 'I cannot join you in that wish, brother. I am dedicated to the belief that it is God's will that all men should strive for wisdom in themselves, not look to it from some other. Babes, perhaps, must have their food chewed for them by a nurse, but men may drink and eat of wisdom for themselves.