“The most important rule there is, the Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.”

“The only sovereign we could allow to rule us is reason.”

“Wizard's Third RulePassion rules reason, for better or for worse.”

“Wizard's Eleventh and Final RuleThe "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.”

“Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid”

“...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”

“The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard”