Quotes

When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.

‘And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our call...

Decisions are made and consequences follow, it is the way. Our task is to deal with the present.

Death is that state in which one exists only in the memory of others which is why it is not an end.

You also have a duty to your future self to release the project. Every time you don't release a project, you're telling yourself that you’re the kind of person who doesn't ship. Tell yourself that enough, and you'll start to believe it. Tru...

No role is so well suited to philosophy as the one you happen to be in right now.

He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.

“If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there.”

I cannot live in the past. It is foolishness to do so.

when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.

Undergo hardship voluntarily. Then, you will be better prepared for life’s involuntary hardships.

When men perceive the world as being right, we are content. But if we see a hole—a deficiency—we scramble to fill it.”

Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”

“They were not demons, they were just men who had too much power and not enough sense.

If you’re going a thousand miles an hour, if you see everything as a problem to be solved, what kind of life is that? Especially in a world where time once past can never be recovered, where everything is so fleeting, it’s a terrible shame...