Magician (The Riftwar Saga, #1-2)

by Raymond E. Feist

With bullies it’s always the same: whether or not you can best them doesn’t matter. What is important is whether or not you’ll stand up to them.

Then say nothing, Pug. It makes you seem wise when everyone is babbling.

The faults we see in others never seem as dreadful as those we see in ourselves.

Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ’tis achieved,’

It’s often said we take offense most in what we see of ourselves in others.

‘One time is much like another to death. She comes when she will. So why give over your mind to worry?’

‘Some love comes like a wind off the sea, while others grow slowly from the seeds of friendship and kindness.

Sometimes we want love so much, we’re not too choosy about who we love. Other times we make love such a pure and noble thing, no poor human can ever meet our vision. But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, “There is something about you I cherish.” It doesn’t entail marriage, or even physical love. There’s love of parents, love of city or nation, love of life, and love of people. All different, all love.

Love is like a lot of things, it is always best done with the head. Save mindless efforts for mindless things.