Brain Assassin

Just last week I started to read a new series called The Sword of Truth. Quite intrigu­ing, I have to admit but it’s start­ing to become repet­i­tive and slow-​​turning. I almost regret hav­ing bought the first six books in advance. Cur­rently, I’m in the very midst of vol­ume four. I’ve tasted enough to buy the rest because I sim­ply want to know how the story unfolds.A very inter­est­ing con­cept is the intro­duc­tion of a new Wizard’s rule with every new vol­ume. In this series only wiz­ards know about them and try to live by them. A com­plete list of these rules can be found here. I like these rules, they seem to be cre­ated by sim­ply look­ing into life itself and Terry Good­kind seems to make them up as he walks along.

• Wizard’s First Rule: “Peo­ple are stu­pid. They will believe any­thing they want to be true or fear to be true.”
• Wizard’s Sec­ond Rule: “The great­est harm can result from the best intentions.”
• Wizard’s Third Rule: “Pas­sion rules reason.”

Well, these rules are truly worth know­ing. Espe­cially if one doesn’t live in a fic­ti­tious world, one should know about them. They can pro­vide guid­ance for some of us. I knew them all before and I know them today because I learned the hard way. For instance, I use the First Rule to bet­ter under­stand other peo­ple. One can learn from everything …