Christopher Paolini Quotes

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.

~ Christopher Paolini

It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.

~ Christopher Paolini

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

~ Christopher Paolini

Without fear there cannot be courage.

~ Christopher Paolini

Consider non your superior, whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your belief and others will listen. he continued at a slower pace, of the affairs of love ... my only advice is to be honest. thats your most powerfull too to unlock a heart or gain forgiveness. that is all i have to sayGarrow to Roran p 64

~ Christopher Paolini

Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.

~ Christopher Paolini

People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.

~ Christopher Paolini

Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.

~ Christopher Paolini

You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think. -Angela the Herbalist

~ Christopher Paolini

If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry!- Angela to Eragon

~ Christopher Paolini

Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

~ Christopher Paolini

As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.

~ Christopher Paolini

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

~ Christopher Paolini

Wise? No, I simply learned to think.

~ Christopher Paolini

The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.

~ Christopher Paolini

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

~ Christopher Paolini

They were quiet for a while, eating, then Oromis asked, Can you tell me, What is the most important mental tool a person can possess?It was a serious question, and Eragon considered it for a reasonable span before he ventured to say, Determination.Oromis tore the loaf in half with his long white fingers. I can understand why you arrived at that conclusion-determination has served you well in your adventures-but no. I meant the tool most necessary to choose the best course of action in any given situation. Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects. So, no, determination cannot be what we're looking for.

~ Christopher Paolini

I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us. - Oromis

~ Christopher Paolini

Understanding breeds empathy.

~ Christopher Paolini

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis

~ Christopher Paolini

If you wish to be happy,Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change

~ Christopher Paolini

Death is part of who we are. It guidesus. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end

~ Christopher Paolini

Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it , the more it gnawed away at who he was.

~ Christopher Paolini

I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.

~ Christopher Paolini

It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.

~ Christopher Paolini

Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.

~ Christopher Paolini

A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.

~ Christopher Paolini

They shared a laugh, and then the silence that so often intruded on their discussion asserted itself once again, a gap born of equal parts weariness, familiarity and--conversely--the many differences that fate had created between those who had once gone about lives that were but variations on a single melody.

~ Christopher Paolini

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen.

~ Christopher Paolini

(...)best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!

~ Christopher Paolini

I'm healthy as an ox. And you? To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.

~ Christopher Paolini

Yes it is Eragon said before his courage left him just like you

~ Christopher Paolini

Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

~ Christopher Paolini

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

~ Christopher Paolini

There is much you can learn from books and scrolls. These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.

~ Christopher Paolini

When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.

~ Christopher Paolini

If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm

~ Christopher Paolini

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

~ Christopher Paolini

But you possess one quality that no one else does. Oh? Your identity. Your history, deeds and situation. Use those to shape your creation and you will produce something unique. Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.

~ Christopher Paolini

Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?

~ Christopher Paolini