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1 " Teachers see coldness in the world and light fires in the minds of their students, hoping for a warm summer. Sadly, some cannot bear the flame, some turn away from the heat, and some twist the fire to burn. "
― Lance Conrad , The Price of Loyalty (The Historian Tales, #3)
2 " Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women. "
3 " Curiosity is the hunger of the mind. "
4 " Faith is courage. "
5 " People never know what they are capable of until all other options run out. "
6 " Love truly makes the world turn, as it has been said. What people forget is that the turning of the world brings darkness as well as the light. "
7 " For the entire history of humanity, we have stared into fires, hypnotized by the twitch and flow of the blues and yellows. We see the stars of alien skies reflected in the coals and divine messages in the dance of the flames. Fire is magic. "
8 " All feel justified. To find truth, a man must consider the possibility that he is wrong. "
9 " Every sacred moment is made that way by sacrifice. "
10 " No healthy mind could bring itself to torture another human being. "
11 " Battles waged in daylight are fought by soldiers. Battles waged at night are fought by savages. "
12 " It is impossible to know the whole depth of someone’s character from a single moment, but seeing how they respond to the unexpected is a great start. "
13 " It is impossible for the sane to truly understand madness. "
14 " Anyone can act strategically, it doesn’t take much to make a plan. The skill of a general is his or her ability to react strategically when plans fail. "
15 " Never underestimate a farmer. "