[The materialist] thinks me a slave because I am not allowed to believe in determinism. I think [the materialist] a slave because he is not allowed to believe in fairies.

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

I still think sincere pessimism the unpardonable sin.

Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious.

Love is not blind that is the last thing that it is. Love is bound and the more it is bound the less it is blind.

The man who kills a man kills a man.The man who kills himself kills all men.As far as he is concerned, he wipes out the world.

What again could this astonishing thing be like which people were so anxious to contradict, that in doing so they did not mind contradicting themselves?

Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.

Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.

How can we say that the Church wishes to bring us back into the Dark Ages? The Church was the only thing that ever brought us out of them.

Luxury life is good if everyman living on earth can benefit from it! Otherwise, it is injustice!

Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.

Vin: I don't know -- and it's all your fault, you know. I used to understand everything. Now it's all confused. Kelsier: Yes, we've messed you up right properly.

Every day is Valentine's Day! I'm a hopeless romantic.

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

Here's a Thanksgiving tip. Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.

I knew that if I did not start chanting with people, that I would never be able to clean out the dark corners of my own heart. I knew it with every cell in my body and mind.

We just could not have the Church of Jesus Christ without the spirit of missionary work.

But you can not compare Yao's stats to mine. You just can't compare it and I am playing everyone one-on-one.

Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying.