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Five enemies of peace inhabit us—avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride.
A pauper could inherit a palace if only they thought and desired it enough.
“Desire is a powerful motivator, child. As you know from being raised at an abbey, that which we conceive in thought and marry to desire becomes real. Unfortunately, most lack the will to persist. They quit too soon. But for those who do not, the Medium provides the harvest.
“To know nothing is the happiest life.” Knowledge is always a sword with two edges. It cuts away falsehood but reveals hypocrisy. Too much truth can lead to heresy.
‘We are slow to believe that which, if believed, would hurt our feelings.’
It whispers to us constantly to do better, to be better. When we resist, when we choke those whispers with pride, it stops speaking to us. Not because our pride silenced it. Because we have proven we will not listen.”
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
“We are slow to believe that which, if believed, would hurt our feelings,”
Many problems can be avoided through careful planning.
“Do you not think the Medium has tried to persuade the learned, the powerful, and the strong that things need to change? But the learned, the powerful, and the strong won’t change until they have to. The humble, the meek, the patient, the persevering—they are the ones who get things done. Even a simple oak tree can bring down a wall with its roots.”
