The Warrior Prophet Kitap Alıntıları – R. Scott Bakker

…for the sin of the idolater is not that he worships stone, but that he worships one stone over others.

Of course he could see only blackness, such was the treachery of fire, which illuminated small circles by darkening the entire world.

All men are frauds. Some, the wise, fool only others. Others, the foolish, fool only themselves. And a rare few fool both others and themselves—they are the rulers of Men.

There was such a difference, he thought, between the beauty that illuminated, and the beauty that was illuminated.

Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.

Masumiyet neden dünyaya hesap vermek zorunda?

He warred against a spider. How could he not crave the company of flies?

The vulgar think the God by analogy to man and so worship Him in the form of the Gods. The learned think the God by analogy to principles and so worship Him in the form of Love or Truth. But the wise think the God not at all. They know that thought, which is finite, can only do violence to the God, who is infinite. It is enough, they say, that the God thinks them.

Bir büyücü, savaş alanında bin askere, cehennemde ise on bin günahkara denktir.

No decision is so fine as to not bind us to its consequences.
No consequence is so unexpected as to absolve us of our decisions.

All men are frauds. Some, the wise, fool only others. Others, the foolish, fool only themselves. And a rare few fool both others and themselves—they are the rulers of Men.