Wise Are You, Indeed... To Know What

...only In The Surrender Of The Light Could The Darkness Prevail.

One Of The Less Attractive Aspects Of Human Nature Is Our Tendency To Hate The People We Haven't Treated Very Well; It's Much Easier Than Accepting Guilt. If We Can Convince Ourselves That The People We Betrayed Or Enslaved Were Subhuman Monsters In The First Place, Then Our Guilt Isn't Nearly So Black As We Secretly Know That It Is. Humans Are Very, Very Good At Shifting Blame And Avoiding Guilt.

Why Do You Persist In Being So Frivolous, Urgit?" "why Don't We Just Call It A Symptom Of My Incipient Madness?" "you're Not Going To Go Mad," She Said Firmly. "of Course I'm Going To Go Mad, Mother. I'm Rather Looking Forward To It.

The Old Man Was Peering Intently At The Shelves. 'i'll Have To Admit That He's A Very Competent Scholar.' Isn't He Just A Librarian?' Garion Asked, 'somebody Who Looks After Books?' That's Where All The Rest Of Scholarship Starts, Garion. All The Books In The World Won't Help You If They're Just Piled Up In A Heap.

When You Know That Something's Going To Happen, You'll Start Trying To See Signs Of Its Approach In Just About Everything. Always Try To Remember That Most Of The Things That Happen In This World Aren't Signs. They Happen Because They Happen, And Their Only Real Significance Lies In Normal Cause And Effect. You'll Drive Yourself Crazy If You Start Trying To Pry The Meaning Out Of Every Gust Of Wind Or Rain Squall. I'm Not Denying That There Might Actually Be A Few Signs That You Won't Want To Miss. Knowing The Difference Is The Tricky Part.