The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.
Orson Scott CardIt is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them.
Orson Scott CardOthers find humanity by looking in their own hearts. Only lost souls need to search for it outside themselves.
Orson Scott CardYou're like, both like, Alexander the Great.' We can't both be Alexander.' Well sometimes I think you're two side of the same coin, and I'm the metal in between.
Orson Scott CardIf I wanted to doubt, then I could doubt endlessly, but at some point a person has to stop questioning and act, and at that point you have to trust something to be true. You have to act as if something is true, and so you choose the thing you have the most reason to believe in, you have to live in the world that you have the most hope in.
Orson Scott Card