Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

While every new fantasy author is hailed as unique, new, and different, Brandon Sanderson's ELANTRIS does indeed provide an absorbing adventure in a unique, different, and well-thought-out fantasy world, with a few nifty twists as well.

Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.

Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.

Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.

No society that places the individual above itself will survive; but neither will any society that places the individual below itself.

If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.