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The spell is Morgians

When iniquity sits in the judgement seat, good men must take their appeals to a higher court.

I saw Byzantium in a dream and knew that I would die there.. and the golden towers of Byzantium would be my tomb ~ Aidan

A man can learn much, but learning is not knowledge. The only true source of infallible certainity is divine illumination.

It is but one of the many follies of luxury which lead men to believe that plenty now is abundance always and fortune is everlasting. Pure folly. My

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

Time is the central mystery of our existence. It confines and defines us in many ways.

What makes you so certain?"
"But I am not certain," I told him. "Nothing is certain. You want certainty?"
"Yes!"
"Then you want death.

Had he but known that before the day was over he would discover the hidden dimensions of the universe, Kit might have been better prepared.

He sighed and shook his head slowly. 'And there will be no bringing back the light once it has gone.

Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.

Knowledge is a burden
once taken up, it can never be discarded.

Truth is a constant delight to those that love her; such beauty holds no power to offend.

To friends! Life belongs to those who love, and where love reigns is man truly king!

There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know?

Fear arises from uncertainty. Where there is perfect certainty, there is no fear.

The human race seems to love nothing more than a long detour.

We would follow Arthur to the very gates of Hell and beyond if he asked it. And that is the solitary truth.

Anyone who tells you he knows the mind of God is selling something. You can take that to the bank.

Two friends ... there are stronger forces on earth, perhaps, but few as tenacious and enduring as the bond between true friends.

Arthur was simply there in their midst, the sword in his hand.

She walked along beneath a sky of bird's-egg blue,

It had long been an ambition to find the line of force that might lead to the Holy Land in the time of Christ.

as is most always the case with any disaster, it is those who can least afford to lose who lose the most.

Do not think it impossible just because it has never happened.
- Friar Tuck

It does not matter where one starts; it is where one finishes that makes all the difference.

Humility, if it comes at all, almost always comes too late.

Pray God our aim is true and each arrow finds it's mark.

The Emrys! The Emrys is here!'
Merlin shook his head in astonishment. 'Has it come to this?' he wondered. 'Even small children know me by sight.

Shape our reality through the exercise of intention, through the application of our free will as conscious beings.

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

In short, you have all the social prospects of a garden gnome.

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

Justice ought sometimes to protect those least able to protect themselves.

Talent without discipline is only an empty promise - the glitter of an unworked crystal. It is nothing of itself.

The only true source of infallible certainty is divine illumination.

They are young and life has no limits. Nothing is impossible, nothing beyond doing or knowing. The world is theirs and everything in it.

You see, this universe we inhabit is made up of billions of galaxies literally beyond counting and this is only one universe.

Words are worth little when the heart refuses to hear. Therefore, judge us by our works.

Life is a school of the spirit.

I desperately wanted a chance to prove myself. Not because I cared a fart for druids. No. I had instead conceived a new plan for escape.

You should not mock what lies beyond your grasp." He

Truth, they say, is a cold and bitter draught; few drink it undiluted.

All he had, in fact, was Merlin's shining promise.

When heaven joins the battle against you, who could stand?

If thou wouldst seek justice, thyself must be just.

What did you do with your life, Master Bran?" she demanded accusingly. "More to the point, what will you do with your life now that you have it back?

In truth I had forgotten all about Arthur and our reason for coming to Benowyc in the first place.

Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows.

Call me Silidons, for such I am.

And the Wise Emrys said that Arthur would yet come again to lead his own.

For the scholar no effort is ever wasted.

May you always have ale enough to wet your tongues, wit enough to know friend from foe, and strength enough for every fight.

None of us ever knows what impact we have on the world around us.

I will write: for myself, for those who come after, and for the voices that cry out not to be forgotten.

Do not borrow tomorrow's troubles today

I may speak freely, my lord," began Tuck. "I doubt anything in heaven or earth could prevent you," remarked Bran. "Speak, priest.

Life is a school of the spirit, Aidan," Ruadh intoned with gentle insistence. "Learning is our soul's requirement, and

People did not go jumping from one place to another with nothing in between. It simply did not happen.

You worry too much, Tuck." "And you not enough, Rhi Bran.

The air crackled with the presage of lightning, and a heavy mist descended around them.

Perhaps it is how we are made; perhaps words of truth reach us best through the heart, and stories and songs are the language of the heart

Alea iacta est. The die has been cast.

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

Alas, words were but empty things, devoid of power and all too easily broken, discarded, and forgotten.

Derision is the refuge of threatened ignorance, after all.

It is right to pay heed to the stories of our people, for that is how we learn who we are and what is required of us in this life and the life beyond.

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

Arthur!' I cried, but my voice was lost in the battle roar. The seething waters of the enemy host closed over the place where he had been.

The path is revealed in the treading.

It would be a great boon to know where we stand in this world, what is, what has been, what will be. And to know it absolutely.

It was Arthur's welcome alone, I believe, which turned the tide of misery for Merlin.

Time is short and life fleeting and that nothing matters except that which is eternal.

I will weep no more for the lost, asleep in their water graves.

Whatever is done cannot be undone, but whatever is lost can sometimes be found.