For There Is No Higher Religion Than

A Babe At The Breast Is As Much Pleasure As The Bearing Is Pain.

Lancelot: Morgaine, Morgaine - Kinswoman, I Have Never Seen You Weep. Morgaine: Are You Like So Many Men, Afraid Of A Woman's Tears? (...) Lancelot: No (...) It Makes Them Seem So Much More Real, So Much More Vulnerable - Women Who Never Weep Frighten Me, Because I Know They Are Stronger Than I, And I Am Always A Little Afraid Of What They Will Do.

Knowledge Was Like A Mouthful Of Dust.

[t]he House Of Maidens Was For Little Girls Whose Whole Duty In Life Was To Spill Things, Break Things, And Forget Things . . . Until They Had Spilled, Broken, And Forgotten Everything They Could, And Thus Made Room In Their Lives For A Little Wisdom.

I Think Too Many People Presume To Read The Divine Scriptures And Fall Into Such Terrors As This,' Said Patricius Sternly. 'those Who Presume On Their Learning Will Learn, I Trust, To Listen To Their Priests For The True Interpretations.' The Merlin Smiled Gently. 'i Cannot Join You In That Wish, Brother. I Am Dedicated To The Belief That It Is God's Will That All Men Should Strive For Wisdom In Themselves, Not Look To It From Some Other. Babes, Perhaps, Must Have Their Food Chewed For Them By A Nurse, But Men May Drink And Eat Of Wisdom For Themselves.