Fall of Light (The Kharkanas Trilogy, #2)

by Steven Erikson

Tradition was not a thing to be worshipped. Tradition was the last bastion of fools.

Because the mind that has convinced itself of its own superiority is incapable of humility, and in the absence of humility, it is incapable of growth.’

A true believer, indeed, need never draw a weapon, need never rise in argument, or howl in fury, or make fists, or roll in a mob to crush some helpless, innocent enemy. A true believer needs none of those things. How much of the world insists on living this lie?