L.E. Modesitt Jr. Quotes

• Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.

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  Perfection, Inspire, Desire

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• Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

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  Understanding, Humanity, Useless

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “The Parafaith War”, p.149, Macmillan

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• Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

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  Mistake, Law, Justice

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “Ordermaster”, p.265, Macmillan

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• Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

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  Optimistic, Mind, Fists

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “The Parafaith War”, p.168, Macmillan

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• Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.

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  Self, Deception, Flattery

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “The Magic of Recluce”, p.378, Macmillan

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• To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.

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  Birth, Born, Certain

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “Gravity Dreams”, p.11, Macmillan

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• If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.

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  Greed, Ifs

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “Wellspring of Chaos”, p.74, Macmillan

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• Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.

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  Irrational, Gifted, Rationality

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• No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.

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  Individual

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “Gravity Dreams”, p.152, Macmillan

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• Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.

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  Passion, Hatred, Form

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2010). “The Elysium Commission”, p.141, Macmillan

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• Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.

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  Largo, Gente, Cuidado

  L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (2007). “The Spellsong War: The Second Book of the Spellsong Cycle”, p.555, Macmillan

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• While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.

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  Adventure, Unique, Twists

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