Terry Goodkind People Quotations

Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid

Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.

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.

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

There would be nothing I could do to you that would harm you more than what you're already doing to harm yourself...You are never going to amount to anything. You will always be the worthless muck people scrape from their shoes. You only get one life and you are wasting yours. That's a terrible shame. I doubt you will ever know what it is to be truly happy, to achieve anything of worth, to have genuine pride in yourself. You bring it all on yourself, and I could do no worse to you.

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.

I wish people had half the honor of dragons.