Celedonio Perellon Quotes & Sayings

I am sure you understand that a reputation for ruthlessness can be useful. A great ruler, especially one of as wide and various a country as Gurkhul, must first be feared. He would desire to be loved also, but that is a luxury. Fear is essential. Whatever you may have heard, Uthman is neither a man of peace, nor of war. He is a man of ... what would be your word? Necessity. He is a man of the right tool at the right time. — Joe Abercrombie

Why do you hate me?"
"I have no emotion about you at all, Mac. I take care of my own. You are not my own." He moved past me, pressed his palm to the door, and stood waiting for me to exit. "Barrons wants you to see your parents so as you go about your business you will remember they are here. With me."
"Lovely," I muttered.
"I suffer them to live, against my better judgment, as a favor to Barrons. He's running out of favors. Remember that. — Karen Marie Moning

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. And, of course, there are Christian monks and nuns who already use Buddhist methods in order to develop their devotion, compassion, and ability to forgive. — Dalai Lama

Learning that flowered in days of yore In these our times is thought a bore. Once knowledge was a well to drink of; Now having fun is all men think of. — John Guy

There was that sense of abandoning the familiar for the unknown that characterizes all journeys made for the first time. — Terry Brooks

Have compassion for your past. By showing love to the present. Your past was just the portal to now. — Matthew Donnelly

No creature should ever be trapped against its will," she used to say. "It will ruin itself, just trying to escape. — Susan Wiggs

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings — Plato

A man's fortunes are the fruit of his character. A man's friends are his magnetisms. — Ralph Waldo Emerson