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1 " Wizard's Tenth RuleWillfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self. "
― Terry Goodkind , Phantom (Sword of Truth, #10)
2 " People who for whatever reason don't want to see the truth can be acutely hostile to it and shrill in their denunciation of it. They frequently turn their venomous antagonism on whoever dares to point out that truth. "
3 " Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to take root and grow. Eventually, a bountiful fruit of rumors burst forth, to be spread on the wind of whispers that said we hid a fabled hoard of gold. Nothing could convince the believers that it was not true. The truth does not glitter for these people like gold does. "
4 " Kahlan stood quietly in the shadows, watching, as evil knocked softly on the door. "
5 " Life could be brutal, but that such brutality did not define life or its purpose, and that the sexes were not rivals, but meant to share together in the work and joys of life. "
6 " Willfully turing aside from the truth is treason to one's self "
7 " Faith itself, you see, is the key-the magic wand that they wave over the bubbling brew they have concocted to render it 'self-evident'. "