Terry Goodkind Quotes about Reality

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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

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

Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

Terry Goodkind

Reality, Perception, Irrelevant

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