L.E. Modesitt Jr. famous quotes

03-22-2025

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Perfection #Inspire #Desire
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Self #Deception #Flattery
If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Greed
Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Understanding #Humanity #Useless
Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Optimistic #Mind #Fists
Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Passion #Hatred #Form
Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Mistake #Law #Justice
Most people donâ€™t care who rules, as long as their lives donâ€™t change.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Long #People #Care
While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Adventure #Unique #Twists
To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Birth #Born #Certain
Humans were eventually irrational creatures gifted with the power of rationality.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Irrational #Gifted #Rationality
Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Long #People #Care
No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.
-- L.E. Modesitt Jr.

#Individual

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