This is how humans are: We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question.

...the thing with brothers is, you're supposed to take turns being the keeper. Sometimes you get to sit down and be the brother who is kept.

I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.

Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it. Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed.

A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself

The difference between raman and varelse is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging. When we declare an alien species to be raman, it does not mean that they have passed a threshold of moral maturity. It means that we have.

Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.