Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.

Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.

Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.

If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.