The worse you are at thinking, the better you are at drinking.

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

Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason’s light. Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death.

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

Once you teach me something, it's mine to use.

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

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.