“To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof. Thus proof is a word not often used among the Handdarata, who have chosen not to treat God as a fact, subject either to proof or to belief: and they have broken the circle, and go free.
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.”
― Dune
― Dune
“Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.”
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
― On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It
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