You can never know everything, Lan said quietly, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in...
Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.''And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually.
It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa
In war, you say a prayer for your dead and ride on, because there is always another fight over the next horizon. —al'Lan Mandragoran
If you can’t hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
He did not think anyone needed to look after Nynaeve; around Nynaeve, to his mind, other people needed someone to look after them.
Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
Good morrow, High Lord Weiramon, and all you other High Lords and Ladies. I'm a gambler, a farmboy, and I'm here to take command of your bloody army! The bloody lord Dragon Reborn will be with us as s...
A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
You can never know everything. Part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of knowledge lies in going on anyway.
Who would sup with the mighty must climb the path of daggers. -Anonymous notation found inked in the margin of a manuscript history (believed to date to the time of Arthur Hawkwing) of the last days o...
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not.
Knock a man down, and you saw what he was made of. That man might run. If he didn’t—if he stood back up with blood at the corner of his mouth and determination in his eyes—then you knew. That man was...
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.
Give me your trust, said the Aes Sedai.On my shoulders I support the sky.Trust me to know and to do what is best,And I will take care of the rest.But trust is the color of a dark seed growing.Trust is...