Tad Williams Quote

The wise man is not waiting for the realness of the world to prove itself to him. How can one be an authority before the experiencing of this realness? My master taught me—and to me it seems chash, meaning correct—that you must not defend against the entering of knowledge.

Chapter 18, A Net of Stars (p. 266) - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - The Dragonbone Chair (1988)