Terry Goodkind Quotes About Reality

Quotes about: Reality

• Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Perception, Irrelevant

• The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard

  Terry Goodkind

  Mean, Reality, Thinking

  Terry Goodkind (2010). “Faith of the Fallen”, p.31, Macmillan

• Wizard's Ninth Rule A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Wizards, Contradiction

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Chainfire”, p.404, Head of Zeus

• The mice think they are right, but my cat eats them anyways. This is the point, reality is nothing, perception is everything.

  Terry Goodkind

  Cat, Reality, Thinking

• I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for hope, to find strength. While a bad book leaves readers with a sense of hopelessness and despair, a good novel, through stories of values realized, of wrongs righted, can bring to readers a connection to the wonder of life. A good novel shows how life can and ought to be lived. It not only entertains but energizes and uplifts readers.

  Terry Goodkind

  Uplifting, Believe, Book

• Are we our bodies? Is a small person less than a big person, then? If we were our bodies, then when we lost an arm, or a leg, would we be less, would we begin to fade from existence? No. We are the same person. We are not our bodies; we are our thoughts. As they form, they define who we are, and create the reality of our existence.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Body, Legs

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Blood of the Fold”, p.343, RosettaBooks

• Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Effort, Perception

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Soul Of The Fire”, p.305, Head of Zeus

• Reason and reality are the only means to just laws; mindless wishes, if given sovereignty, become deadly masters.

  Terry Goodkind

  Mean, Reality, Law

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Faith Of The Fallen”, p.595, Head of Zeus

• Emotion did not play a part in truth, only reality did.

  Terry Goodkind

  Reality, Play, Emotion

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “The First Confessor: Sword of Truth: The Prequel”, p.350, Head of Zeus

• Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

  Terry Goodkind

  Teaching, Reality, Life Is

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Confessor”, p.481, Head of Zeus

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