You Must Surrender Before You Can Guide.

I Had Long Wondered," Lan Said To Tam. "about The Man Who Had Given Rand That Heron-marked Blade. I Wondered If He Had Truly Earned It. Now I Know." Lan Raised His Own Sword In Salute.

Men Forget, But Never Forgive; Women Forgive, But Never Forget.

Young Men Can Be Impetuous, Young Men Can Be Rush, Young Men Can Be Fools, But The Car'a'carn Cannot Let Himself Be A Young Man.

There Were Many Good Years. Good Decades, Good Centuries. We Believed We Were Living In Paradise. Perhaps That Was Our Downfall. We Wanted Our Lives To Be Perfect, So We Ignored Imperfections. Problems Were Magnified Through Inattention And War Might Have Become Inevitable If The Bore Hadn't Ever Made.

A Gnarled Old Branch Dulls The Blade That Severs A Sapling.