There were those who loved liberty, who cried out to live their own lives, to strive, to rise above, to achieve, and those bent on the mindless equality of stagnation brought about through the enforcement of an artificial, arbitrary, gray uniformity--those who wanted to transcend through their own effort, and those who wanted others to think for them and were willing to pay the ultimate price.

Life for the strongest. There is no sympathy for the slain, only admiration for the winner's strength.

Emotions are the sums created by details, whether those details are true or not.

I thought I was going to die there, alone. I thought I would never see you again." He seemed to shake off the memory and leaned back on an elbow, gazing at her with a lop-sided smile on his face. "The Shadrin left some scars that aren't healed yet. But I would have to take off my pants to show them to you." "Really?" Kahlan gave a throaty laugh. "I think I better have a look... to see if everything is all right.

Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning.

Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.

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