Quotes

Expect honor from those you meet, and give them the chance to live up to it.

the more she studied, the more she hungered for knowledge.

“I can’t decide if it’s dishonest or not.” “It’s not dishonest; it’s business.”

In Vorin belief, one’s Calling—the task to which one dedicated one’s life—was of vital importance. Choosing a good profession and working hard at it was the best way to ensure good placement in the afterlife.

‘Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.’ ”

...life deals out unexpected joys and sorrows, and we can but treasure or suffer each.

It was better not to resist. This was his lot, and he was resigned to it. There was a certain power in that, a freedom. The freedom of not having to care.

“It strikes me that religion—in its essence—seeks to take natural events and ascribe supernatural causes to them. I, however, seek to take supernatural events and find the natural meanings behind them. Perhaps that is the final dividing lin...

Failure is preferable to winning through unjust means.

I cannot live in the past. It is foolishness to do so.

Your heart will whisper to you. Your conscience will guide you. Your truth will reveal itself.

You see, it has been my experience that no matter where you go, you will find some who abuse their power.”

“Things are never as bad as they seem. You’ll see.”

Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others which is why it is not an end.

Somebody has to start, son. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.