《真理之剑》，很酷很酷，很早之前读了中文版的第一本，Wizard's First Rule,觉得写得很有意思，也许是本来就很喜欢这些很玄很酷的东西。那天偶然看到wikipedia上的一篇，巫师定律总结，又燃起了兴趣，便买了前三本回来，很喜欢。

The Sword of Truth- by Terry Goodkind  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard's_Rule)

我最喜欢第三，第七，第八定律。。

Wizard's First Rule:  "People Are Stupid."  人很容易轻信，容易被误导。。。

Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

Wizard's Second Rule:  "The greatest harm can result from the best intentions." 

Explanation: "It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough. […] Violation can cause anything from discomfort, to disaster, to death.”

Wizard's Third Rule:  "Passion rules reason, for better or for worse."

Explanation: Letting your emotions control your reason may cause trouble for yourself and those around you.
我怎么觉得应该是一个中性的解释，而不是贬义的呢？比如，热情战胜理智，或更好或更糟。

Wizard's Fourth Rule:
"There is magic in sincere forgiveness, the magic to heal. In forgiveness you grant, but more so, in forgiveness you receive."

Explanation: Forgiving and being forgiven are powerful elements of healing, not for your body, but your soul. Forgiving others is healthy for you, but being forgiven is even more powerful. 道理虽简单，这句话还是很感人的，是吧。

Wizard's Fifth Rule: "Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie." 经常存在一些虚伪的家伙。。

Explanation: People will lie to deceive you from what they truly mean to do. Watching the actions they take will prove their true intentions.

Wizard's Sixth Rule:  "The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason."

谁又能做到这般理智呢？

Wizard's Seventh Rule:  "Life is the future, not the past."

Explanation by Richard Rahl: "The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. 这句说得非常好。。。To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew. As rational, thinking beings we must use our intellect, not a blind devotion to what has come before, to make rational choices."

Wizard's Eighth Rule:  "Deserve victory." 我最喜欢这句了。。。

Explanation: Be justified in your convictions. Be completely committed. Earn what you want and need rather than waiting for others to give you what you desire.

Wizard's Ninth Rule: "A contradiction cannot exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole."

就是说，真正矛盾的东西是不存在的。。

Wizard's Tenth Rule: "Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self."

Explanation by Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander: "People who for whatever reason don't want to see the truth can be acutely hostile to it and shrill in their denunciation of it. They frequently turn their venomous antagonism on whoever dares to point out that truth ... To those seeking the truth, it's a matter of simple, rational, self interest to always keep reality in view. Truth is rooted in reality, after all, not the imagination."

哎，仙诛还没读完呢。。。