Good men will kill as quickly for what they want as evil men- only the things they want are different.
Brandon SandersonThough most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: age
It seems that the rebels found the chaos of transition more difficult to accept than the tyranny they had known before. They joyfully welcomed back authority-even oppressive authority-for it was less painful for them than uncertainty.
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: government rebellion
...somehow the old philosophers could make even the most salacious topics seem boring.
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: books philosophy
He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.
Brandon SandersonWhat is belief—what is faith—if you don't continue it after failure?
Brandon SandersonPeople with passion are people who will destroy—for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it. Will he kill? Will he go to war? Will he break and discard that which he has, all in the name of what he needs?
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: passion sacrifice
That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: trust
We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before.
Brandon SandersonStichwörter: love creativity
You aren't insane, then."
"Heavens no," I said. I eyed her. "You don't accept that."
You see people that aren't there Mr. Leeds. It's a difficult fact to get around.
"And, yet, I live a good life," I said. "Tell me. Why would you consider me insane, but the man who can't hold a job, who cheats on his wife, who can't keep his temper in check, you call him sane?
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