The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)

by Brandon Sanderson

The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”

“Too many scholars think of research as purely a cerebral pursuit. If we do nothing with the knowledge we gain, then we have wasted our study. Books can store information better than we can—what we do that books cannot is interpret. So if one is not going to draw conclusions, then one might as well just leave the information in the texts.”