All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

If you want more from life — start by counting your blessings instead of counting your losses, deficits and wants.

Outside, he had a sudden feeling that at moments there was too much light for human eyes. It caused men to feel weak and befuddled.

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

I go to school the youth to learn the future.

I just go in my back garden. It's the only place where people don't come and bother you.

This whole [presidential] election is being rigged. These lies, spread by the media, without witnesses, without backup or anything else.

I start out by believing the worst

Discomfort of any kind becomes the basis for practice. We breathe in knowing our pain is shared.

I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.

sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.