Quotes

“My intention is not to convert, Your Majesty,” Jasnah said. “I am content keeping my beliefs to myself, something most of my colleagues in the devotaries have difficulty doing.

When your efforts are not directed at a cause or a purpose, how will you know what to do day in and day out? How will you know what to say no to and what to say yes to? How will you know when you’ve had enough, when you’ve reached your goal...

“It’s just another war. If they weren’t fighting one another, they’d find others to attack. It’s what we do. Vengeance, honor, riches, religion—the reasons all just produce the same result.”

Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self-respect springs.

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.

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

Your heart will whisper to you. Your conscience will guide you. Your truth will reveal itself.

“Things are never as bad as they seem. You’ll see.”

Having power over the lives of men is an uncomfortable responsibility.

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.

Death is incomprehensible, but you can make peace with it. Til then you should ask yourself each day if you’ve made the right decisions.

The body needs many different foods to remain healthy. And the mind needs many different ideas to remain sharp.

Somebody has to start, son. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right. If nobody starts, then others cannot follow.

Expect honor from those you meet, and give them the chance to live up to it.

What has been need not always be.