Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.

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.

Wizard's Seventh Rule Life is the future, not the past.

Once you place that crown of liar on your head, you can take it off again, but it leaves a stain for all time.

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.

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