Jeff Wheeler Quotes & Sayings

Too many people are frightened. They want youth to last. They complain bitterly if sickness comes. But the world is always in tumult, and fortunes rise and fall and fail. It is the ambitious who accomplish things. It takes courage to be ambitious, for never was anything great achieved without risk. — Jeff Wheeler

I do not need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better. — Jeff Wheeler

What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes intense desire. — Jeff Wheeler

I was willing to wait to have someone like you. Someone who has passed every test, has remained constant and true. — Jeff Wheeler

In every era there comes a moment when the collective thoughts, whims, and motivations of a people become so self-absorbed, so malignant, so unheeding that nature itself revolts. Man scars the land such that it finally rebels against him. As thoughts can spread despair and death like seedlings of weeds strewn by the wind, so they eventually draw the Gardener to pluck them out. The vetches must be pulled, roots and all. When this happens, the Medium ceases to bless, and instead, it curses. Instead of healing, it spews poison. It happens swiftly and terribly. The ancients gave it a name, this culling process that blackens the world. They named it after a wasting disease that occurs in once-healthy groves of trees. They called it the Blight. — Jeff Wheeler

You must do is believe in those small insights - those little bursts of wisdom that bloom in your mind when your heart is calm, controlled, and peaceful. — Jeff Wheeler

Lady Eleanor sat at the window seat of her chambers, gently stroking her son's head in her lap. — Jeff Wheeler

When enough people believe something of you, it can distort your view of yourself. We mimic the judgments of others. It would take a very strong person indeed to resist the effects of so much ill will. — Jeff Wheeler

Pain is a teacher, as I have told you before. Most people fear it. We do not. We would never stop a child from touching a burning piece of wood. We would warn, but never prevent. Wisdom comes through listening to those with more experience. Only fools blunder through unnecessary pain. — Jeff Wheeler

He who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow. — Jeff Wheeler

If we have learned anything, we have learned this: it is not the strongest of the races that survives, or the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Thus only the Aeduan race will survive the — Jeff Wheeler

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not. — Jeff Wheeler

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time only a dream. Just as the oak sleeps in the acorn, and the bird waits in the egg, so dreams are the seedlings of realities. — Jeff Wheeler

Beyond any gift or treasure, I desire to learn to read. (Lia ~ The Wretched of Muirwood) — Jeff Wheeler

They hate truth for the sake of whatever it is that they love in its place. When truth benefits them, they love it. When it rebukes them, they hate it. They love truth when it reveals itself and hate it when it reveals them. — Jeff Wheeler

Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used. — Jeff Wheeler

New ideas are delicate. They can be crushed easily. New ideas can be killed by a sneer or a yawn...or even a frown. — Jeff Wheeler

Where weeds are sown, weeds grow. — Jeff Wheeler

While the Medium reveals itself in many forms and can come as a dramatic manifestation, it usually does not. Some mastons think they need to experience the full, raw power of the Medium before they are convinced of its possibilities. If we have unrealistic notions of how, when, or where the Medium reveals itself, we risk missing the tokens which come as quiet, reassuring feelings and thoughts while we are doing something else. These simple manifestations of the Medium can be equally convincing and powerful as the dramatic ones. Over time, we learn how this works. It is something each maston learns for himself. — Jeff Wheeler

If you only believe what you like, and reject what you don't like, it is not truth you believe, but yourself. - Possidius Adeodat, Archivist of Kenatos — Jeff Wheeler

I apologize again for another cliffhanger ending. — Jeff Wheeler

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. — Jeff Wheeler

You will all die in this place. This is the place where death was born. — Jeff Wheeler

In reality, there is perhaps not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as our pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as you please. It is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. You will see it, perhaps, even within the abbeys of the realm. For even if I, an Aldermaston, could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility. — Jeff Wheeler

I will carry a mark on my heart for the rest of my life. — Jeff Wheeler

If it looks a bit rough, a little worn, with little splotches - those have the swetest flavor. The ones that are perfect on the outside tend to be a bit more bland. That is true about many things in life. — Jeff Wheeler

It is entirely possible for wise and educated persons to disagree about points of fact. But facts are stubborn things. Whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter facts and evidence. We must strip away the rest. The happiness of the people is the aim of any good government. — Jeff Wheeler

Our greatest pain in this life often comes from those who should love us the most. — Jeff Wheeler

There is no anger above the anger of a woman. For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean. — Jeff Wheeler

As accomplished as Aboujaoude?" "He was accomplished and humble. You, my son, are ambitious. And proud. And your feet smell strongly of dung, if I am being perfectly honest. — Jeff Wheeler

It will be no greater miracle that brings us into another world to live forever with our dearest friends than that which has brought us into this one to live a lifetime with them. Or almost a lifetime. Therefore, we weep when they depart. But we will see them again in another world. — Jeff Wheeler

If you believe only what you like in the histories, and reject what you don't want to believe, it is not the truth you seek, but a confirmation of your own opinions. — Jeff Wheeler

It is a cruel fact, child. Wisdom comes after the moment when it is most needed. — Jeff Wheeler

Only he whose thoughts are controlled and purified, can make the winds and the storms of the soul obey him. — Jeff Wheeler

But remember the nature of secrets, Owen. If you share yours, it will stop wriggling inside your chest. And it will start wriggling inside hers. Secrets always want to come out. — Jeff Wheeler

I have heard that in moments of extreme terror and suspense, our minds can deliver to our aid a remedy for the situation if we have the courage not to flinch from it. Too often we are doomed to fail simply because we believe too quickly that we will. — Jeff Wheeler

What's the benefit of dragging up sufferings that are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then? There is good in doing this. We must not flinch when we look at the past. We must strive to learn from our mistakes. So we must learn to bear and endure. The sorrow will one day prove to be for your good. — Jeff Wheeler

If your master demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity, give him loyalty. — Jeff Wheeler

Argentine was a hard king to serve. He had a barbed whip for a tongue and it drew blood whenever he spoke. — Jeff Wheeler

The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors - that which it loves, and also that which it fears. — Jeff Wheeler

I cannot break the chains you forged against yourself. — Jeff Wheeler

Most people suffer from a lack of imagination. They don't dare enough. But I do. — Jeff Wheeler

When he read, it was as if he were transported to some dreamland where he could not hear whispers or shouting. — Jeff Wheeler

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands. — Jeff Wheeler

There is wisdom in climbing mountains ... For they teach us how truly small we are. — Jeff Wheeler

That which you fix your heart to, believing with all your desire you will get, you will. — Jeff Wheeler

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things, which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little. Many tyrants have sat on a throne, and those whom no man would think on, have worn crowns. — Jeff Wheeler

Loyalty, when divided, is sharper than a blade and cuts both ways. — Jeff Wheeler

You will find that most prisons are forged in someone's own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if they could but think to use it. — Jeff Wheeler

We all face difficulties, but they should not become our core. We grieve, we suffer, we weep. Challenges are experiences that help us to grow, like the winds that help strengthen the roots of the apple trees in the Cider Orchard. Storms are always temporary and should never distract us from the beautiful days that were before or will come after. Do not become so fixed on a single injustice that you can no longer remember others may be suffering near you. Like the healing of the body when it is ill, the healing of the heart requires patience. — Jeff Wheeler

Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated. — Jeff Wheeler

The greatest power over a man is his desire to please a particular woman. — Jeff Wheeler

Thus, thus, truly thus: a mind so blind and sick, so base and ill-mannered, desires to lie hidden, but does not wish that anything should be hidden from it. — Jeff Wheeler

We are more wicked together than separately. If you are ever forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should withdraw into yourself. Never trust another to do your thinking. — Jeff Wheeler

The hunter is patient. The prey is careless. — Jeff Wheeler

The reason most people don't arrive at a destination is they never embark. They think of all the reasons why they can't do it, so they don't even try." "I — Jeff Wheeler

That is why I refuse to shutter the windows. We need more light. Even a flower withers without sunshine. — Jeff Wheeler

Loyalty binds me, — Jeff Wheeler

Like fragile ice, anger passes away in time. Therefore, the greatest remedy for anger is delay. - Gideon Penman of Muirwood Abbey — Jeff Wheeler

The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told. — Jeff Wheeler

The wisest as well as the most dangerous men are those who observe without speaking. — Jeff Wheeler

Never trust another person to do your thinking for you." That sounded a little strange to Owen, but he accepted it. — Jeff Wheeler

The mind, like the body, can be moved from sunshine into shade. - — Jeff Wheeler

There is wisdom climbing mountains," Maderos said softly. "For they teach us how truly small we are. This is just a pebble within one kingdom. There are higher mountains you must climb." ~ The Wretched of Muirwood — Jeff Wheeler

Be at peace with your own soul, then the heavens and the earth will be at peace with you. The Druidecht are truly wise. — Jeff Wheeler

If the truth cannot bear the scrutiny of candlelight, what will it do if exposed to the sun? — Jeff Wheeler

A wise leader, a past King of Wayland actually, wrote this in his personal history at the end of his very successful reign. I found his advice in the Archives and think it some of the wisest advice ever written: 'Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. — Jeff Wheeler

In every great city, with all its gleaming walls and massive libraries, with all the shimmering fountains and sculptured gardens, there is a superfluity of dung that must be carted out. — Jeff Wheeler

Because you think your language is the best language? That because you were born and your parents babbled to you in this tongue, that it is the best language to speak? How small is your mind. — Jeff Wheeler

The will to do springs from the knowledge that we can do. He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure. — Jeff Wheeler