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1 " That’s religion as an excuse. Sometimes it seems to me that when religious fervor enters the mind, the wits pack up entirely and fly out the ear,” Karal replied a bit sourly. “But worst of all is when powerful, ruthless people use the religious fervor of others to further their own greed. "
― Mercedes Lackey , Storm Breaking (Mage Storms, #3)
2 " Life is attention to both the large and the small, little brother. Pay heed to the sun, but watch your feet, or you'll fall ingloriously on your nose. "
3 " :It isn’t the great mystics and saints who do the real day-to-day work of keeping people’s faith firm, it’s the ordinary priest—the good man who goes on being good, no matter what he has to face. Ordinary people know in their hearts that they could never withstand the trials that a saint undergoes, but if they see a person who is just like they are, and watch him bearing up under those trials, they know that they can do it, too. And as for the great ones, when they see an ordinary man bearing extraordinary burdens, they are inspired to take on far more than they might otherwise do.: "
4 " Fear wasn’t an emotion you could sustain for weeks at a time either, so why try to keep himself in a continual state of near-panic? "