The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard

I've always said fantasy is sort of 'stealth philosophy'.

Only a fool walks into the future backwards.

Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.

In the darkest hours we must believe in ourselves.

Cara burst into a hearty laugh. She clapped Richard on the back as he walked passed. "I like her, Lord Rahl. You may keep her.

You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.