Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind is an American writer. He is known for the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold twenty-five million copies worldwide and was translated into more than twenty languages. It was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker; it premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons, ending in May...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
stupid people firsts
Wizards First Rule: People are Stupid
people effort risk
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.
wind roots people
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.
lying people mind
...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.
thinking lazy-people foolish
Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don't think for themselves; they only think about themselves.
people inspire crime
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.
pride shoes people
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 enemy purpose
People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.
believe eye people
Many people believe everything others say, even though what they see with their own eyes, should be enough to tell them otherwise.
dragons people honor
I wish people had half the honor of dragons.
against ascribe belong compose cost deadly deny dictate ending fantasy force given hold knife life mankind means nor notion produced reality seize society stealing strikes supreme sustain theirs throat treason
Every person's life is theirs by right. An individuals life can and must only belong to himself, no to any society or community, or he is then but a slave. No one can deny another person their right to their life, nor seize by force what is produced by someone else, because that is stealing their means to sustain their life. It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to a man's throat and dictate how he must live his life. No society is more important than the individuals who compose it, or else you ascribe supreme importance, not to man, but to any notion that strikes the fantasy of that society at a never ending cost of lives. Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindles wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.
american-writer took
After the book took off, I bought a whole new wardrobe.
afraid believe believing step true wanting
The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true....or being afraid it is.
hands giving captains
It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard