“Recognising one’s own ignorance is the first step towards enlightenment.
 
   
      “The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.”
    
― The Way of Kings
  ― The Way of Kings
 
      “There will be people like this in any culture, for every society is made of individuals. You must learn this. Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”
    
― Words of Radiance
  ― Words of Radiance
 
      “Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that defines us. Self-pity goes with selfishness, and there is nothing more to be deplored in a leader than that. Selfishness belongs to children, and to half-wits. A great leader puts others before himself. You would be surprised how acting so makes it easier to bear one’s own troubles. In order to act like a King, one need only treat everyone else like one.”
    
― Before They Are Hanged
  ― Before They Are Hanged
 
      “Wholeness, she had learned, was not the absence of pain but the ability to hold it.”
    
― The Sword of Kaigen
  ― The Sword of Kaigen
 
      “There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”
    
― American Gods
  ― American Gods
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