Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry Quotes

“Know your enemy and yourself.1 Know how to make your enemy a friend and make yourself better.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Just as you should not compare your present accomplishments with those of your past, neither should you compare your progress against that of others. Each individual is embarking on his or her own path. Where other lives lead will be determined by those individuals’ choices, efforts, and fortunes.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do not compare the self of this moment against one from the past, for the you of yesterday is as done and gone as an extinguished star never to be reborn. There is only the you of the future to nurture and cultivate.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“One final word: always be prepared. Surprises happen when you least expect them.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Be creative. Use your wits. Save your true power and efforts for the adversaries that warrant them.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“A warrior rushes you in the heat of battle, brandishing a great two-handed hammer. Do you really have to call down the fires of the heavens and turn his body into an ionized cloud of superheated vapor? Probably not.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“A knight is in need of advice on how to slay a dragon. Who will he beseech? A wizard. A warrior is in need of arms and armor to defeat a foul daemon. Who does he contact? A wizard. A rogue is in need of enchantments to defeat a loathsome sorcerer. What agency will help his cause? A wizard. A magician is in search of new lore to guide his research and further his cause. What earthly power will avail him? A wizard. A family is in need of deliverance for an ailing relative. Who will they implore? A wizard. Less scrupulous but opportunistic knights, warriors, rogues, mages, and families are in need of enchantment, magical erudition, knowledge, prestige, advice, and riches to further their ends. Who will they besiege, rob, accost, threaten, imprison, or attack? A wizard.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do you wish to work for the betterment of all humankind? Reconsider your motivations for becoming a wizard.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do you wish to control the destinies of others? Become a publican.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do you wish to care for others? Become a priest or healer.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“The world expects you to adventure. Don’t believe the hype. Be an individual. Go against the grain.1 You’ll live longer.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“No matter how much you know, there is yet more to be known. Do not underestimate the power of recognizing your own limits.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do your best to be prepared for the worst, that you may handle the unexpected eventualities of error and failures.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do not fight your community.   Win it over.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Do not let your view be clouded by what you wish to be, for reality is often the opposite.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“How often have you been showered by rose petals falling from the heavens? I have, however, been showered by arrows raining from the sky.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“I have had my homes razed, raided and burned to the ground, my towers gutted, marauded, and blasted, and my castles pillaged, defiled, and demolished. I have been imprisoned in the Astral Plane, entombed in stone, had my spirit bound within a phylactery, and had my mind trapped within a crystal prism. I have been held for ransom by bandits, robbed by nobility, and dispossessed by extradimensional thieves. I have been threatened, cajoled, berated, cursed (both literally and actually), abused, and blackmailed. I have been stabbed, bludgeoned, whipped, tortured, burned, shocked, flayed, and worse.1 I have been possessed, mind-controlled, robbed of my body and volition, and rendered incorporeal. I have been turned into a newt, transmogrified into a frog, changed into a toad, and transformed into creatures slimier still.2 I have been charmed, bewitched, hexed, ensorcelled, enchanted, mesmerized, spellbound, and let’s not even talk about what happened while I was under the influence of hostile supernatural entities and agents. I have been abandoned by friends, forgotten by allies, scorned by compatriots, and turned upon by companions. I have had intimates taken, comrades killed, family members persecuted, and kith imprisoned. I have fought with incomprehensible daemons face to face, been engulfed by dragons’ raging hellfires, clashed with greater Powers, and been laid low by alien intelligences. I have been trapped within the bowels of forgotten ruins, lost within haunted crypts, striven through extradimensional labyrinths, delved over and through the hearts of uncharted planets, and foundered within the darkest and deepest wilds. I have had my identity erased, my memories taken, my will sapped, and my spirit broken. And these were on some of my better days. I am a wizard.”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“Ludaceous Vaer Mordicanum, Scribe, Lesser Under Understudy, Apprentice Wizard 3rd Order, Gofer 2nd Class, Semi-Rebellious Sycophant, Assistant Baker and Order Clerk, and Yes-Man”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry

“I have been stabbed, bludgeoned, whipped, tortured, burned, shocked, flayed, and worse.1”
― Joseph J. Bailey, Mulogo's Treatise on Wizardry