Evil left to itself does not simply perish; it thrives. Evil contained is not evil destroyed. It nourishes itself, grows within its confinement, swells and rages until it works loose, and then... Then it runs free.
-Terry Brooks The Elfstones of Shannara
Experience comes from doing, not from being told. Experiment and discover. Seek and find. It is not machinations of others that compel us to do so; it is our need to know. It is, in the end, the way we learn.
-Terry Brooks The Talismans of Shannara
How can we lose by trying when by trying we have everything to gain?
-Terry Brooks The Scions of Shannara