Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to, it's not for them.

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

Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion.

Only friends will tell you the truths you need to hear to make your life bearable.

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

The tulip and the butterfly Appear in gayer coats than I: Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.

It is often said that the best leaders are those who serve.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

Men are always optimists when they look inwards, and pessimists when they look round them.