«Linkeree does what he likes. He likes to be alone and think his own thoughts. No one is hurt by it.» Sara said, «Jason said that we are one people. Linkeree is saying he does not want to be part of us, and if he is not part of us then we are all less than we were.» They were both very wise. It would be so much easier for Kapock if they had only agreed with each other.

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Fatherhood to us was an act of passion, soon forgot; but not to Orem ap Avonap. Never guessing that the blond and happy farmer was no blood of his, Orem had taken a part of that simple man into himself and saved it for this time. At any time in the Palace he might run by, Youth on this shoulders or, as time went by, toddling along behind.

Said Leah, 'How do children learn if they aren't punished when they do wrong?''They are punished,' said Jacob 'Just not alOrways in obvious ways. When you're wicked, then Wisdom departs from you. You become more and more like an animal--like the baboons of the wilderness, or like a jackal. But when you're righteous, Wisdom dwells with you like a dear friend, and whispers always in your ear.

It made Ender listen more carefully to what people meant, instead of what they said. It made him wise.

The only way to learn is by changing your mind.

If only we were wiser or better people, perhaps the gods would explain to us the mad, unbearable things they do.