“That’s often the problem with rulers. They move people with their words, and because they do, they believe that they can use words to change the physical world. They can change people’s minds and feelings, but unless those people use… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“love no one until you can love yourself, for love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“It’s often hard to consider the future when you are struggling with the present,” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“Too often, no matter what simpering savants say, there is no real choice. Not if life is to have meaning.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“some people learned only from what they experienced personally.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality. — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“one of the ways to be successful in war is to make your enemies make all the gallant but useless sacrifices…” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“...there being a god, that god must be worshiped. Worship means raising the god above the individual, and liturgies often make the point that… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“Was there really something to the obsolete idea of a national character? Some countries just changed tyrants, without changing anything else.” — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
“We all feel better when we can defend ourselves. When we can tell ourselves and everyone else that we did what was necessary and… — L.E. Modesitt Jr Copy Share Image
