Imager Quotes

“Behind your reaction is a feeling that whatever is 'true' must be able to be expressed logically. Men, in particular, have a tendency to confuse correct logic with an accurate assessment of a situation. Be careful of any situation that you have to reason through logically, because if you have to work to reason it out, you're probably missing something.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“The difference between an explanation and an excuse lies with the one receiving it.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Rain, shadow and sunlight all conceal and reveal just in different fashions.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Well chosen words create pain that lasts longer than a flogging.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Could I believe in the doctrine without believing in the deity?”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Each individual is different from every other individual, but a group pressures each individual to be the same. Otherwise, there is no group. The same is true of a society. The values of the strongest or most persuasive become the values of the group.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Inconsistency I did not condemn, nor even foolishness, but the hypocrisy of professing an ideal, what ever it might be, and defending it verbally and vociferously, while secretly betraying it by behavior, I generally found disgusting.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“To those who fail to understand, the most fantastic in life remains disappointing.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Do not concentrate on sums when nothing adds up.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Guilt provides far more effective motivation than greed. For greed, at times, can be satiated.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“who are not is what they know and how they apply that knowledge. Because the world is governed by men, should you not endeavor to learn as much as possible about men? If you study men with the same diligence as you have studied art and the texts with which Master Dichartyn has plied you and examined you, you will gain great knowledge about how best to apply all you know.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

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― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Beware men in power to praise principles; they're either without them or lacking in perception.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager

“Professional interrogators should study mothers.”
― L.E. Modesitt Jr., Imager