“What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.”

“Men!" Min muttered at the door. "Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.”

“Credo quia absurdum – I believe because it is absurd.”

“You read too much and understand too little.”

“Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your loses for too long.”

“It has been quite a weight, hasn't it?" Tam asked."What weight?" Rand replied."That lost hand you've been carrying."Rand looked down at his stump. "Yes. I believe it has been at that.”

“Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable.”