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Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.

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Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

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Most people don't care who rules, as long as their lives don't change.

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If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.

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Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

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Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.

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No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.

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To that which is born, death is certain; to that which is dead, birth is certain.

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L. E. Modesitt Jr.

L. E. Modesitt Jr.

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Born: October 19, 1943 (age 83)

Bio: L. E. Modesitt Jr. is an American science fiction and fantasy author who has written over 55 novels. He is best known for the fantasy series The Saga of Recluce. By 2015 the 18 novels in the Recluce series had sold nearly three million copies.

Known for:

The Magic of Recluce (1991)
Imager (2009)
The Towers of the Sunset (1992)
The Death of Chaos (1995)
The Magic Engineer (1994)

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