Those who set a course and cannot adjust their heading will break upon the rocks as surely as those who sail heedless of direction. We cannot change the direction of the wind. Nor can we afford to be blown whichever way it so chooses. We act; we decide; and we are acted upon. So it is in all things that I wish to honor those who have come before. So it is in all things that I wish to prepare the way for those who shall come after. And I remind myself: in the Force, there is no end, but only beginnings. —Oz Ladnod, Poet to the Royal Court of Onderon From Collected Poems, Prayers, and
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