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.

Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

People are stupid... They will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true.