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As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.
“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different,” Sazed said. “Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet upon closer examination, he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then knows that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
― The Well of Ascension
― The Well of Ascension
“A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.”
― The Walking Drum
― The Walking Drum
“It's odd how faces, solid and visible as they are, evaporate, while words, made of breath, stay.”
― The Architect's Apprentice
― The Architect's Apprentice
“The mind gathers its grain in all fields, storing it against a time of need, then suddenly it bursts into awareness, which men call inspiration or second sight or a gift.”
― The Walking Drum
― The Walking Drum
“There are many ways of fighting. Many a man or woman has waged a good war for truth, honor, and freedom, who did not shed blood in the process. Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is the violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.”
― The Walking Drum
― The Walking Drum
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