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161 " Fear arises from uncertainty. Where there is perfect certainty, there is no fear. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , Byzantium
162 " Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Skin Map (Bright Empires, #1)
163 " If I have learned anything in my time among you, it is this: true honor lives not in the skill of weapons or the strength of arms, but in virtue. Skill fades and strength fails; virtue alone remains. Therefore, let us put off all that is false. Let us prefer instead the valor of virtue, and the glory of right. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Song of Albion Collection (The Song of Albion, #1-3)
164 " Alas, words were but empty things, devoid of power and all too easily broken, discarded, and forgotten. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , King Raven Trilogy (King Raven Trilogy, #1-3)
165 " For ourselves, Mighty Father, I pray you keep us from the sin of hatred, keep us from the sin of vengeance, keep us from the sin of despair, but protect us from the wicked schemes of our enemies. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , Hood (King Raven, #1)
166 " Alas,” mused Roger Bacon, “it is not only the public which so often fails to appreciate the nature of our more delicate investigations—many of our leading churchmen are particularly lacking in the finer faculties of discernment. Led by the twin banes of intolerance and ignorance, they too often condemn where they rightly should revere. They traduce what should be championed. They denounce what should be praised. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Bone House (Bright Empires, #2)
167 " they had started out with all the tools for creating Utopia right from the very beginning; they had all of history to teach them how to organize and govern themselves. They might have chosen to recreate Eden. Instead, they chose Hell. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Siege of Dome (Empyrion, #2)
168 " No meaning? Are you saying that time is irrelevant to the working of the bneri?” “It works outside of time, as thought is outside of time. Therefore you cannot ask 'when' of it.” “I don't get it at all,” muttered Spence. “Do you?” “I think so,” said Adjani. “Prayer often works the same way. We sometimes see that the seeds of the answer to our prayer have been sown before we even knew to pray. This is possible because God is not confined to time as we are. Past, present, future—he moves through each as he will. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , Dream Thief
169 " Of course it is escapist,” he cried. “That is its glory! When a soldier is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape—and take as many with him as he can.” He went on to explain, “The moneylenders, the knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible. "
170 " Time . . . strange stuff,” mused Thomas. “Time is the central mystery of our existence. It confines and defines us in many ways. We are obedient to its inexorable mechanism throughout our lives, and yet we know almost nothing about it. Why does it flow in only one direction? What is it made of ? How is it regulated? Is it everywhere the same for everyone? Or might its substance or speed be altered by mechanisms as yet undiscovered? "
171 " I began to sense a momentous glory radiating from every form that met my eye- every limb and leaf, every blade of grass ablaze with the unutterable grandeur and majesty. And it seemed to me that the world I saw before me was merely an outward manifestation of a vastly powerful, deeply fundamental reality that existed just out of sight. I might not discern this veiled reality directly, but I could perceive its effects. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Endless Knot (The Song of Albion #3)
172 " Raising an army of king’s men with the king in an enemy prison?” Tuck queried. “What is difficult about that?” “I don’t think he even has an army.” “Well, that would make it slightly more tricky, I suppose,” remarked Tuck. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , Tuck (King Raven, #3)
173 " When iniquity sits in the judgement seat, good men must take their appeals to a higher court. "
174 " You worry too much, Tuck.” “And you not enough, Rhi Bran. "
175 " sun-dappled hillside could provoke such powerful feelings? In this radiant paradise of a world I felt deeply the privation of years of wandering through life blind to the beauty around me. "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , The Paradise War (The Song of Albion #1)
176 " See here, if we can establish an affinity with the eternal, ever-living Creator, then is it not likely that this affinity, this relationship, if you like, will endure beyond the death of the material body? "
177 " Albion was many times larger in every way than the tidily compacted Britain I had left behind. Judging from the distances traveled, Albion was immense; both the land and the world that contained it were far more expansive than anything I could have dreamed. "
178 " Unlike the tedious priests of Mithras and Minerva—so careful, so exact, so smug in the enactment of their obscure rituals—old Potitus saw no need to weary heaven with ceaseless ceremony or meaningless repetition. “God knows the cry of our hearts,” he would say, “before it ever reaches our lips. So speak it out and have done with it. Then get about your business.” My "
― Stephen R. Lawhead , Patrick: Son of Ireland
179 " If you must always defeat two enemies each time you take the field of battle, you will soon be overcome. And of any two enemies, anger is always the stronger. "
180 " Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my reluctant warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave. "