It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Do not deride someone's faith simply because you do not share it, Lord Cladent," Sazed said quietly. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure? — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Religions are promises--promises that there is something watching over us, guiding us.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It seemed so odd that faith should so be sacrificed in the name of religion.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Wayne felt a disturbance stir within him, like his stomach discovering he’d just fed it a bunch of rotten apples. Religion worried… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Every religion had clues in it, for the faiths of men contained the hopes, loves, wishes, and lives of the people who… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“At the heart of science is accepting only that truth which can be proven. At the heart of faith is define Truth,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“ The religions in my portfolio weren't useless after all , he thought, the power flowing from him and remaking the world.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The skaa called Sazed holy, but at that moment he realized that he was the most profane of men. He was a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
It sounds to me, young one," Haddek said, "that you are searching for something that cannot be found." "The truth?" Sazed said.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Faith means that it doesn't matter what happens. You can trust that somebody is watching. Trust that somebody will make it all… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?" "I believe in them all." Vin frowned. "None of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The Nelazan believed that there was beauty in darkness, and that the daylight was more profane. They saw the stars as the… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Vin paused. "And you have all of these religions memorized?" "As much as is possible," Sazed said. "Their prayers, their beliefs, their… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” “There’s a difference?” the ardent said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Just because I do not accept the teachings of the devotaries does not mean I've discarded a belief in right and wrong."… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“It strikes me that religion—in its essence—seeks to take natural events and ascribe supernatural causes to them. I, however, seek to take… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“How could anyone understand the pain of a faith betrayed? He had believed. And yet, when he had needed hope the most,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Jasnah raised an eyebrow. “You will find wise men in any religion, Shallan, and good men in every nation. Those who truly… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That's why we get annoyed by you Idrians. So high, so certain that what you do is right. If your god asked… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Before, Sazed had looked at the doctrines themselves. This time, he found himself studying the people who had believed, or what he… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You said their prayer – is this the religion you believe in, then?" „I believe in them all.” Vin frowned. „None of… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Money is behind every war,” Au-nak continued. “Religion is but an excuse. Or perhaps a justification.” “There’s a difference?” the ardent said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“And don't waste time worshipping Harmony. Doing good was the worship.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty? — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could. — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Why is it you trust my daughter so much when others almost universally revile her?" "I consider their disdain for her to… — brandon sanderson Copy Share Image
“Steris had called the Path a simple religion. Perhaps it was. There was only one basic tenet: Do more good than harm.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I’ll admit, Jasnah, that I empathize with your skepticism, but I don’t agree with it. I just think you've been looking for God in… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
They say a man doesn't know himself until he faces death for the first time. . . I don't know about that. It seems… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I wasn’t a nerd, mind you, but I’d spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so I’d had limited experience with social interaction.… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Why, Elend! That’s almost romantic—in a twisted ‘I’m going to make my wife want to kill me’ sort of way.” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Elantris was the one place where she could remember feeling unconditional acceptance. She had not been a princess, she had been something far better… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“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,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“That is always how it is, though, isn't it?” Shuden asked. “Those who can least afford extravagance seem to be the ones most determined… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“He says he’s letting the Stormfather judge you,” Moash added. “Jezerezeh, king of Heralds. He says that if you deserve to live, you will….”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“The stories say the Nightwatcher might be capable of that. . . . Powerful spren. Vast spren.’ ‘Is he calling me vast?’ Syl said,… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“But the mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
