J.D. Sutter’s Reviews > The Walking Drum > Status Update

“...he is brave, indeed, who fears but does what must be done despite it.”

"...first define the problem, for a problem clearly defined is already half solved..."

“My ignorance was enormous. Beside it my knowledge was nothing. My hunger for learning, not so much to improve my lot as to understand my world, had led me to study and to thought. Reading without thinking is as nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

“I seek to be seeking, as I learn to be learning. Each book is an adventure as is each day’s horizon.”

“The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever.”

"Honor can be a troublesome thing, but if one has it one does not lightly yield it."