If the rowan's roots are shallow, it bears no crown.

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.

No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.

She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.

Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.

You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared, ' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing, ' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised.

I use your love as a man burns a candle, burns it away, to light his steps.

Stealthily the stars slid forward into nothingness.

Would you give up the craft of your hands, and the passion of your heart, and the hunger of your mind, to buy safety?

There must be darkness to see the stars.

Joy is the reward of life

Leaders heal

The more you read, the eager you read many more.

I'm telling you that the cure is the disease. The main source of the illness in this world is the doctor's own illness

Let go of the need to control. Trust in the wisdom of a divine plan.

God's got you in the palm of His hand. You won't leave one second before your time. If God wants you to be here, then you're going to be here.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant.

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense.

After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine freezes into a glitter of ice crystals shimmering in the sun.

If you have to resort to violence, you've already lost.