You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard's power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power. It is most perilous. It must follow knowledge, and serve need. To light a candle is to cast a shadow.


Chapter 3 (Master Hand) - Earthsea Books - A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)

Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in...

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in...

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in...

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in...