There Is One Rule, Above All Others,

Stopping A Man From What He Wants To Do Is Like Taking A Sweet From A Child. Sometimes You Have To Do It, But Sometimes It Just Isn't Worth The Trouble.

Better To Face The Bear Than Run From It.

If You Wish, You May Call Me Rand Sedai.

Some Men […] Choose To Seek Greatness, While Others Are Forced To It. It Is Always Better To Choose Than To Be Forced. A Man Who Is Forced Is Never Completely His Own Master. He Must Dance On The Strings Of Those Who Forced Him.

On A Day Of Fire And Blood, A Tattered Banner Waved Above Dumai's Wells, Bearing The Ancient Symbol Of Aes Sedai. On A Day Of Fire And Blood And The One Power, As Prophecy Had Suggested, The Unstained Tower, Broken, Bent Knee To The Forgotten Sign. The First Nine Aes Sedai Swore Fealty To The Dragon Reborn, And The World Was Changed Forever.