I'd rather look a fool than be right and fail to act.

Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

He put the box in Kahlan's lap. As she picked it up, she gave him the biggest smile he had ever seen. Before he even knew what he had done, he had leaned over and given Kahlan a quick kiss. Her eyes went wide, and she didn't kiss him back, but the feel of her lips shocked him into realizing what he had done. Oh. Sorry," he said. She laughed. "Forgiven.

Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.

Knowledge comes as it will. Life's lessons come at the most surprising times.

Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be of little worth and great trouble.