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Raymond E. Feist

Never think taking a life is easy. Do that and in a way they win.

good-and-evil, warrior-ethos

Raymond E. Feist

He likes to humble our foes by making them seem ridiculous. As he said to me the other day, ‘Kill a man, and you cede him honor in the eyes of the gods. Laugh at him and you shame him’.

humiliation, shame, the-great-game

Raymond E. Feist

Most of us move through life with little chance to learn much about ourselves. We know some things we like and some things we dislike, we have a few ideas about what makes us happy, and we die in ignorance regarding anything profound within ourselves.

meaning-of-life, profundity

Raymond E. Feist

Never offer an oath lightly. For you pledge not only your life and sacred honor, but your people’s honor as well. To break an oath is to be without honor, to be without a spirit, and to be apart from the people.

honor, oaths-and-promises

Raymond E. Feist

It’s difficult the first time you have to get close to kill another. You see their eyes, see the light in it go out. Even a troll’s eyes have that light. I’d be worried if you didn’t feel something after that. I don’t like hunting with a man who’s a killer without that feeling.

death-and-dying, killing, remorse

Raymond E. Feist

It was something he had never quite understood about himself. He had seen thousands of men die in nearly ten years of war and could look on it at times with a near-total detachment, but an animal suffering – be it a horse or needra injured in battle, or the stag now dying – moved him deeply.

animal-suffering, death-and-dying

Raymond E. Feist

From our birth we are all dying, but some of us finish sooner than others.

death-and-dying, knowing-when-to-let-go, timing

Raymond E. Feist

Yes,” said Talon, his voice the hiss of a coiled serpent.

revenge, vivid-imagery

Raymond E. Feist

A hunt leader could not show fear, or let it linger in his stomach, for others would sense it soon enough, taste that fear and become possessed by it. They would hesitate when an order was given, and uncertainty would claim their life as readily as the blade of the enemy.

consequences, fear, leadership

Raymond E. Feist

What is life for?’ he asked rhetorically. ‘It’s a way to evolve thought. And what is thought for? It’s a way to be aware, a stage between the physical and the spiritual. And time? it’s a good way to keep things separated.

life-philosophy, meaning-of-things, purpose-of-life

Raymond E. Feist

Forgive me, Magnus.’‘I don’t know if I can.’‘You must.’Still looking into the distance, he said, ‘You need my forgiveness?’‘No. I’m dead. You can do nothing for me. You need to forgive me so you can live.

death, forgiveness, inspirational, life

Raymond E. Feist

In Tsurani culture, forgiveness was simply a less shameful form of weakness than capitulation.

forgiveness, stoicism, the-great-game