I'd Rather Look A Fool Than Be

People Are Stupid; Given Proper Motivation, Almost Anyone Will Believe Almost Anything. Because People Are Stupid, They Will Believe A Lie Because They Want To Believe It's True, Or Because They Are Afraid It Might Be True. People’s Heads Are Full Of Knowledge, Facts, And Beliefs, And Most Of It Is False, Yet They Think It All True. People Are Stupid; They Can Only Rarely Tell The Difference Between A Lie And The Truth, And Yet They Are Confident They Can, And So Are All The Easier To Fool.

...wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind What People Do, Not Only What They Say, For Deeds Will Betray A Lie.

Wizard's Tenth Rule Willfully Turning Aside From The Truth Is Treason To One's Self.

His Face Set In Grim Determination, Richard Slogged Ahead, His Fingers Reaching Up To Touch The Tooth Under His Shirt. Loneliness, Deeper Than He Had Never Known, Sagged His Shoulders. All His Friends Were Lost To Him. He Knew Now That His Life Was Not His Own. It Belonged To His Duty, To His Task. He Was The Seeker. Nothing More. Nothing Less. Not His Own Man, But A Pawn To Be Used By Others. A Tool, Same As His Sword, To Help Others, That They Might Have The Life He Had Only Glimpsed For A Twinkling. He Was No Different From The Dark Things In The Boundary. A Bringer Of Death.

No One Ever Goes Into Battle Thinking God Is On The Other Side.