L.E. Modesitt Jr. Quotes

Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.

Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.

To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.

Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.

Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.

If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.

No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.

The end is always the same. That's why what we do does matter. Good or bad, we die. If we bring some light and prosperity into the world, isn't that better than there being less light?

The great fault of logic is that it seems so reasonable, even when it is not.