As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think. -Angela the Herbalist

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us. - Oromis

If you wish to be happy, Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change

Death is part of who we are. It guidesus. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end

Come, kiss me sweet, and then let us return to bed, for I am tired, and I would sleep.

Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void.

No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world.

I am a lover of truth, a worshiper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.

Be bold as a lion.

If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.

Getting carried away is stupid, it won't get me anywhere. -Nana Komatsu

Failure is not an option. Failure is necessary...We try. We fail. We learn. We adjust.

Progress is the mother of all problems.

The Nazis victimized some people for what they did, some for what they refused to do, some for what they were, and some for the fact that they were.

If you're looking for Mr. Perfect, you‟re going to spend your whole life being disappointed, because he doesn‟t exist. You have to get the best deal you can, but there will always be problems.

Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.

Man is not born wicked; he becomes so, as he becomes sick.