“Again the greatest use of a human was to be useful. Not to consume, not to watch, but to do something for someone else that improved their life, even for a few minutes.”
“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”
“To borrow means to take and use something belonging to someone else and then eventually return it.”
“You can't walk through life using someone else's plan.”
“Your dad used to say that our problems disappear when we laugh and I think he was right. They do, even if only for those few minutes while we are laughing.”
“Eragon! I never want to hear you use that excuse again, that because someone else has done--or would do--something means that you should too. It's lazy, repugnant, and indicative of an inferior mind. Am I clear?”