# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

> Taravangian did not believe in any religion, for they were unwieldy things, designed to fill gaps in human understanding with nonsensical explanations, allowing people to sleep well at night, granting them a false sense of comfort and control and preventing them from stretching further for true understanding.

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [Oathbringer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer.md)
- Page: 568
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson#Oathbringer_(2017)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/taravangian-did-not

## More from this book

> “You’re not a monster, Shallan,” Wit whispered. “Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.”
>
> “I am.”
>
> “No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.”

p. 791 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/youre-not-a-monster.md)

> “When has any tyrant ever said to himself, ‘This is enough’?”

p. 1051 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/when-has-any.md)

> Sometimes, a hypocrite is nothing more than a man who is in the process of changing.

p. 967 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/oathbringer/sometimes-a-hypocrite.md)