Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.

...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.

Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.

Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does.

Standing for truth is everything. Truth is power. Don't ever forget that.