Characters are born from necessity. — Christopher Paolini

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

"It seems a cold world without something … more."

"On the contrary," said Oromis, "it is a better world . A place where we are responsible for our own actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and because it is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment. I won't tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you. You asked after our religion, and I have answered you true. Make of it what you will."

When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.