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> [“Richard straightened with a sigh. "People are often more willing to believe lies than truth. Lies can be made to sound pleasant. The truth, by it's very nature, isn't always so attractive." "That leaves peaceful people no choice but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/richard-straightened-with-a-sigh-people-are-often-more-willing-to/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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> [“Oftentimes it’s easier for lunatics to attract impassioned followers than it is for sensible people to get people to listen to reason. People are often more willing to believe lies than the truth. Lies can be made to sound pleasant.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/oftentimes-it-s-easier-for-lunatics-to-attract-impassioned-followers/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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## More by Terry Goodkind

> [Sometimes, it is necessary to step beyond what you have known and to reach for something more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/sometimes-it-is-necessary-to-step-beyond-what-you-have-known-and-to/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“It should hurt, shouldn’t it? Shouldn’t it hurt to be ripped in half? But it didn’t. It didn’t hurt the least little bit. Cold.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/it-should-hurt-shouldn-t-it-shouldn-t-it-hurt-to-be-ripped-in-half/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Dancing with death meant being committed to killing, committed with your heart and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/dancing-with-death-meant-being-committed-to-killing-committed-with/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Only a fool walks into the future backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/only-a-fool-walks-into-the-future-backwards/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Sometimes it's more important to seize the chance and do what you can even knowing that it won't likely account for everything, that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/sometimes-it-s-more-important-to-seize-the-chance-and-do-what-you-can/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“While it was understandable to be afraid, and no one would expect you not to be, the worst thing you could do was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/while-it-was-understandable-to-be-afraid-and-no-one-would-expect-you/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Leadership is a nurturing of those under your command.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/leadership-is-a-nurturing-of-those-under-your-command/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“To question me once is a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/to-question-me-once-is-a-simple-mistake-lieutenant-twice-is-treason/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Fate does not seek our consent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/fate-does-not-seek-our-consent/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [Wizard's Third Rule Passion rules reason, For better or for worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/wizard-s-third-rule-passion-rules-reason-for-better-or-for-worse/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“Nicci looked up at Kahlan. “Knives are not my talent.” “It’s not hard,” Kahlan said as she pressed the handle into Nicci’s hand. “When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/nicci-looked-up-at-kahlan-knives-are-not-my-talent-it-s-not-hard/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“This was why he couldn’t let Richard know it was the chimes themselves that were loose. Richard would not have accepted what Zedd intended,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/this-was-why-he-couldn-t-let-richard-know-it-was-the-chimes/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [“price. There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/price-there-is-no-such-thing-as-pure-good-or-pure-evil-least-of-all/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [The first step to believing something is true is wanting to believe it is true... or being afraid it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/the-first-step-to-believing-something-is-true-is-wanting-to-believe/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

> [...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/you-ll-find-that-being-a-friend-is-to-like-a-person-for-who-they-are/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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