The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.

It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.

Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.

no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.

I am dead. Only vengeance can restore me! Only victory can return my life to me!

Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew.

Fate does not seek our consent.