Sazed Quotes

“What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked.
“I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said.
“Have you known me to lie before?”
“The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Men are more resilient than that, I think. Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe. It was a conundrum, one Sazed wrestled with. He wanted someone, something, to force him to have faith. He wanted to have to believe because of the proof shown to him.

Yet, the believers whose words now filled his mind would have said he already had proof. Had he not, in his moment of despair, received an answer? As he had been about to give up, TenSoon had spoken. Sazed had begged for a sign and received it.

Was it chance? Was it providence?

In the end, apparently, it was up to him to decide. He slowly returned the letters and journals to his metalminds, leaving his specific memory of them empty - yet retaining the feelings they had prompted in him. Which would he be? Believer or skeptic? At the moment, neither seemed a patently foolish path.

I do want to believe, he thought. That's why I've spent so much time searching. I can't have it both ways. I simply have to decide.

Which would it be? He sat for a few moments, thinking, feeling, and - most important - remembering.

I sought help, Sazed thought. And something answered.

Sazed smiled, and everything seemed a little brighter. Breeze was right, he thought, standing and organizing his things as he prepared to go. I was not meant to be an atheist.

The thought seemed a little too flippant for what had just happened to him. As he picked up his metal sheets and prepared to go meet with the First Generation, he realized that kandra passed outside his humble little cavern, completely oblivious to the important decision he'd just made.

But, that was how things often went, it seemed. Some important decisions were made on a battlefield or in a conference room. But others happened quietly, unseen by others. That didn't make the decision any less important to Sazed. He would believe. Not because something had been proven to him beyond his ability to deny. But because he chose to.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“You said their prayer – is this the religion you believe in, then?"
„I believe in them all.”
Vin frowned. „None of them contradict each other?”
Sazed smiled. "Oh, often and frequently they do. But, I respect the truths behind them all – and I believe in the need for each one to be remembered”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“People need stories, child. They bring them hope, and that hope is real.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“It is not at all polite to point out a crusty old pessimist's dark inner secret.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“That's the credit she had given to religion: lies that made people feel better.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Hero of Ages

“A crença certa é como uma boa capa, penso eu. Se lhe servir bem, a manterá aquecida e segura. Se lhe cair mal, no entanto, pode sufocar.”
― Brandon Sanderson

“Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days… What is belief—what is faith — if you don't continue in it after failure?”
― Brandon Sanderson

“A crença certa é como um bom manto, julgo eu. Se vos servir bem, mantém-vos quente e segura. O ajuste errado, no entanto, pode sufocar.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Final Empire

“Malo toga jeste lako. Ali reći ću vam nešto, gospo Vin, ljubavi mora biti omogućeno da teče u oba smera, jer ako nije, onda bih rekao da to i nije prava ljubav. Onda je to nešto drugo. Možda zaljubljenost? U svakom slučaju, neki od nas skloni su tome da se prebrzo proglase mučenicima. Stojimo po strani i gledamo, misleći da time što ništa ne radimo činimo šta treba. Bojimo se bola, našeg ili tuđeg.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Morate ga voleti dovoljno da verujete u ono što on želi, čak i kada se s tim ne slažete. Morate ga poštovati, ma koliko mislili da greši, ma koliko smatrali da su njegove odluke jadne, morate poštovati njegovu ženju da te odluke donese. Čak i kada je jedna od njih to da vas voli.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension