An Epic of Awesome Power. Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp ... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart. Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is... read more
“The Second rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction.”Nathan Rahl
“It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.”Nathan Rahl
“Maybe next time, if you take your sword out when I tell you to, you wouldn't get blood on you and have to drink awful medicine.”Rachel
“Didn't you know? That's what adventure is: being in trouble.”Richard Cypher/Rahl
“He found himself cheering them on, and then realized how absurd it was to hope a gar would live. But he was beginning to feel an odd sympathy for monsters.”
'Good intentions, being kind, can encourage the lazy, and motivate sound minds to become indolent. The more help you give them, the more help they need. As long as your kindness is open-ended, they never gain discipline, dignity, or self-reliance. Your kindness impoverishes their humanity.Highlighted by 96 Kindle customers
'The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.'Highlighted by 76 Kindle customers
You can't expect to walk through life without stepping in the muck now and again. The important thing is to maintain your footing when you do, and not fall on your face and make it worse.'Highlighted by 69 Kindle customers
'Sometimes, that's all life is: one desperate act after another.'Highlighted by 65 Kindle customers
'He says that the worse a man is at thinking, the better he is at drinking.'Highlighted by 60 Kindle customers
'You talk like a drunk man walks: in every direction but where he be headed.'Highlighted by 60 Kindle customers
'Given the choice, Wizard Zorander, I would choose to serve one who bears command as a burden, to one who wears the mantle as a right.'Highlighted by 58 Kindle customers
'Wizard's Second Rule: the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Violation can cause anything from discomfort, to disaster, to death.Highlighted by 58 Kindle customers
If war is brought to you, then it is incumbent upon you to show no mercy. Surely you will be shown none, and you will be a traitor to your people and as good as their enemy if you let any clemency slip its bounds, for your people will pay for your mistake with their lives.Highlighted by 42 Kindle customers
Wizards call it the paradox of power: if you have power, and are ready, able, and willing to use it, you don't need to exercise your power.Highlighted by 41 Kindle customers
Chapters 1-71
Preceded by Wizard's First Rule, and followed by Blood of the Fold.
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