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

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

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?

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

There must be darkness to see the stars.

The logic of worldly success rests on a fallacy: the strange error that our perfection depends on the thoughts and opinions and applause of other men!

When you travel, buy a historical book about the place, read to increase your knowledge on the beautiful places of the world.

so many people live and they only live and die

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Tis Love alone can make our Fetters please.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

When the why gets stronger, the how gets easier.

'With God all things are possible' (Mk. 10:27). With God the thought itself is deed. He speaks and it is. Short and clear. And all the worlds stand by the Word of God.

You can't be who you are going to be and who you used to be at the same time.