Temple of the Winds Quotes

“Wizard's Fourth Rule
There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carry out the intent does not absolve the guilt.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“It is said that the greatest cruelty is drawn from those with the kindest hearts.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“It isn't what kind of house you have that matters. This is not happiness. It's what kind of mind you have, and how you care for your fellow man -- what you can do to help others who can be helped by no one else.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Keep your vision all-inclusive, never allowing it to lock on any one thing...look everywhere at once, see nothing to the exclusion of all else---don't allow the enemy to direct your vision, or you will see what he wishes you to see. He will then come at you as you become bewildered, looking for his attack, and you will lose.
Instead, your vision must open to all there is, never settling, even when cutting. Know your enemy's moves by instinct, not waiting to see them. To dance with death meant to know the enemy's sword and its speed without waiting to see it. Dancing with death meant being one with the enemy, without looking fixedly, so that you could kill him. Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“He is teaching them to eat those seeds,” she said through clenched teeth, “out of Raina and Berdine’s hands. The two of them were giggling.” – Cara”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“To the right person, the person who is truly born to it, duty is a form of love, through which all is possible. Duty is not always a denial of things, but an expansion of them to others. Duty is not always a chore, but is best carried out with love.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“We all make mistakes.
The people who love us forgive the mistakes.
The people who won't forgive don't really matter”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Richard will have my hand, but you should know as well as anyone that he will not be eating out of it –and I wouldn’t want him to.” - Kahlan”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“He is taming chipmunks.” – Cara”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“If you regain your senses, come see me, I will teach you how.” - Cara”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“The time for desperation is upon us. Let’s play.” - Zedd”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“The cannon of the spirits says that intent is guilt. Failure to successfully carryout the intent does not absolve the guilt. ~ Cara Mordsith”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“We know, better than most, perhaps, that soldiers are charged with protecting peace and life itself. The balance to that is that we sometimes must take life to stay an enemy who would do greater harm. For this, we are remembered, not for the lives we try to preserve.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“There is more to being in love than just jumping into bed, you know. Like just being close, in one another's arms.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“In a time of peace, you have the luxury of order, but in war you must act. Hesitation is death.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“First Rule: people would believe any lie, either because they wanted to believe it was true, or because they feared it was.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Keep your vision all-inclusive, never allowing it to lock on any one thing. That was the meaning of the starburst symbol: look everywhere at once, see nothing to the exclusion of all else—don’t allow the enemy to direct your vision, or you will see what he wishes you to see. He will then come at you as you become bewildered, looking for his attack, and you will lose.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“much the same as you men are strong and can wield a heavy battle-axe, whereas an old man could not. Even though you have the muscle to do this, that doesn’t mean that your muscles can do what they aren’t meant to do, such as exercise wisdom the old man has from his experience. He may defeat you in battle through his knowledge, rather than his muscle.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“A person who is dying, with no hope of recovery, and in great suffering, can be no better served than by the benevolent act of assisting them in ending their suffering.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Just because kittens are born in the hearth oven, that doesn't make them muffins. No matter where they're born, it's their destiny to grow up to go out and kill rats.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“where not the slightest trace of Light from the Creator shone. It was the pain of denial of that Light that was the true torture of the Keeper’s dark eternity.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds

“Little Miss Magic, here, goaded him into using his gift on her so that she could capture him. We put him down in the pit for safekeeping.”
― Terry Goodkind, Temple of the Winds