Thursday, October 21, 2010

Meandering on the path . . .

Today is the birthday of Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929), author, She is best known for writing science fiction and fantasy.

"The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"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."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?"
- Ursula K. Le Guin

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