Be a man and not a beast.
No podemos dar por sentado que solo porque algo sea antiguo vaya a ser cierto.
A surgeon needs to be calm. Worry just wastes time. It.
Stupid! Quick, say something witty. “Um. Your hair is nice.
We either learn together or we fall individually.
You think I’m a cynic,” Wit said. “You think I’m going to tell you that men claim to value these ideals, but secretly prefer base talents. The ability to gather coin or to charm women. Well, I am a cynic, but in this case, I actually think those scholars were honest. Their answers speak for the souls of men. In our hearts, we want to believe in – and would choose – great accomplishment and virtue. That’s why our lies, particularly to ourselves, are so beautiful.
The sum total of stupid people is somewhere around the population of the planet. Plus one.
What’s the point of goals, if not to spur you to something lofty?
I’m so storming clever that half the time, even I can’t follow what I’m talking about.
I complain because I can be unguarded with you.
Anything that is possible is actually reality, given infinity.
People learn things from art.
I have practice following fools in their reckless pursuits.
There is satisfaction,” he said to Dalinar, “in creating a list of things you can actually accomplish, then removing them one at a time.
He had been more complex than that. Every person was.
To be human is to want that which we cannot have.
For while life was painful, life was also sweet.
She was graceful – but it was the dexterous grace of a predator, not the deliberate grace of a courtly lady.
But isn’t it remarkable that, given the chance for personal gain at the cost of others, so many people choose what is right?” “Because they fear the Almighty.” “No,” Jasnah said. “I think something innate in us understands that seeking the good of society is usually best for the individual as well. Humankind is noble, when we give it the chance to be. That nobility is something that exists independent of any god’s decree.
No teenage girl is stable. Some are just better at hiding it than others.