Quotes from Stephen R. Lawhead

Soy lo que quieras ver. Cada persona ve algo diferente. ¿Qué es lo que ves tú?

El respeto es un tesoro valioso que no cuesta nada. Si pudieras contener tu lengua, verías que puedes aprender a ser cortés.

Streams of consequence flow from every action, and from every conflict there are two paths by which events may go.

To protect those least able to protect themselves. That much, at least, has not changed. That was ever the sole purpose and duty of kingship. Since the beginning of time it has not changed.

Little changes, like small steps all along the way, bring you to a different place. One day you wake up and things are not the same anymore.

All that winter's day and far into the night the kings twisted and squirmed, but Merlin held them in his iron grasp and would not let go. He became first a rock, and then a mountain in Arthur's defence. Arthur stood equally unmoved. No power on earth could have prevailed against them . . .

Myrddin', I said gently, 'what is she to you?' His head whipped round and he glared at me. His mouth was a grimace of revulsion, and his eyes were hard, bright points of pain. 'She is my death

It does not do to hurry the archer, it makes him miss.

Belief is the sense organ of faith, as your eyes are the sense organ of sight. With sight you see the world, with faith you see God. Belief has the power to shape reality.

For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light.

the way of the world is evil. It does not become any less evil because we disguise it with harmless-sounding phrases like 'status quo' or 'business as usual'—it merely makes the evil more palatable to us.

There is no arrival without a departure, and all progress is measured by how much has fallen away.

If ever I boast of seeing a fairer face in all this wide world, may I die a liar's death.

The dead are so long dead," explained Merlin. "Better to have lived while alive, yes? Besides, if they achieve this, they will have conquered a giant; they will be invincible!

God has always worked through the small, the insignificant, the powerless—it seems to be sewn into the very fabric of the universe.

And his valour was such that it was exceeded only by his virtue, which was exceeded only by his wisdom, which was itself exceeded only by his honesty.

And, Lord, does it have to be so blasted hot?

Knowledge is easy," the old woman told her. "Wisdom is hard.

She stood watching a ritual she had seen many times before, yet which now seemed odd and extremely archaic; as if everything - the hill, the ox, the Mage, the cauldron, the king, the people looking on - everything belonged to a time so far away, so obscurely ancient that it could no longer be comprehended, only felt in the pulse of blood that flowed through her veins.

I learned long ago that when a thing defies rational explanation then it is because I lack a complete understanding of the facts.

In my years as a priest and a scientist, I have been guided by two allied principles," Gianni began. "One, that the universe was created for a purpose. And two, that the purpose for which it was created was guided by a loving Creator who desired that its purpose should be fulfilled.

Arthur stood alone in the centre of the ring of kings. In the flickering light of the Christ Mass candles, holding the sword easily by the hilt, alert, resolute, unafraid, he appeared an avenging angels, eyes alight with the bright fire of righteousness.

We will journey in hope, and trust the Swift Sure Hand to guide us.' 'A little guidance would not go amiss right now,' I confessed, gazing out at the trackless waste of hills and empty sky. 'Llew,' he said, 'we have ever been led.

All human beings, by virtue of having been born into this world, are immortal beings—not our material bodies; those are sadly quite fragile, inasmuch as they are bound by the laws of matter and time. The spirit, however, is indestructible. It obeys different laws.