Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold twenty-five million copies worldwide and was translated into more than twenty languages. It was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker; it premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons, ending in May...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
afraid believe believing step true wanting
The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true....or being afraid it is.
abyss avoid basic bedrock discover effort foundation free knowledge law life means nor penalty reality reason refuse reject richard thinking tool wishes
The first law of reason is what exists, exists;what is, is; and from this irreducible bedrock principleall knowledge is build. He said that was the foundation from which life is embraced. He said thinking is a choice, and that wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they means to discover them. Richard said reason is our only way of grasping reality - that it's our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking - to reject reason - but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see.
american-writer took
After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.
magic vengeance retribution
But if used for retribution, magic is vengeance incarnate.
census products
Right and wrong are not the product of census.
sheep mind doe
It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.
maine cosmos misplaced
I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine.
favors fancy way
Celebrating faith over reason is merely a way of denying what is, in favor of embracing any whim that strikes your fancy.
courage choices sometimes
Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands at the fork, unable to pick, will never get anywhere.
pride simple self
If you care about yourself, you should care about learning - even learning simple things. You come to have pride in yourself only by accomplishing things, even from fixing some old stairs...Others can't grant you self-respect, even others who care about you. You have to earn self-respect yourself.
sovereign wizards reason
Wizard's Sixth Rule The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.
mistake sith defeat
Hesitation is a mistake that invites defeat. I would not be Mord-Sith had I not hesitated when I was young." - Cara
mistake simple traitor
To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan
ready
Dance with me, Death, I am ready.