“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.
Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own?
I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
Perhaps another person, reading of my life, would name me a religious tyrant. He could call me arrogant. What is to make that man's opinion any less valid than my own?
I guess it all comes down to one fact: In the end, I'm the one with the armies.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
“...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.”
― The Well of Ascension
― The Well of Ascension
“It sounds to me, young one," Haddek said, "that you are searching for something that cannot be found."
"The truth?" Sazed said.
"No," Haddek replied. "A religion that requires no faith of its believers.”
― The Hero of Ages
"The truth?" Sazed said.
"No," Haddek replied. "A religion that requires no faith of its believers.”
― The Hero of Ages
“Elend smiled. "Oh, come on. You have to admit that you're unusual, Vin. You're like some strange mixture of a noblewoman, a street urchin, and a cat. Plus, you've mangaged - in our short three years together - to kill not only my god, but my father, my brother, and my fiancée. That's kind of like a homicidal hat trick.”
― The Hero of Ages
― The Hero of Ages
“Men rarely see their own actions as unjustified.”
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
― Mistborn: The Final Empire
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