# Quote — Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings

> “I was thinking philosophy,” Jasnah said.
>
> Shallan blinked. “Philosophy? What good is that?” Isn’t it the art of saying nothing with as many words as possible?
>
> “Philosophy is an important field of study,” Jasnah said sternly. “Particularly if you’re going to be involved in court politics. The nature of morality must be considered, and preferably before one is exposed to situations where a moral decision is required.”

- Author: [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson.md)
- Book: [The Way of Kings](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/the-way-of-kings.md)
- Page: 528
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/the-way-of-kings/i-was-thinking

## More from this book

> “And so,” he said, “in the end, what must we determine? Is it the intellect of a genius that we revere? If it were their artistry, the beauty of their mind, would we not laud it regardless of whether we’d seen their product before?
>
> “But we don’t. Given two works of artistic majesty, otherwise weighted equally, we will give greater acclaim to the one who did it first. It doesn’t matter what you create. It matters what you create before anyone else.
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> “So it’s not the beauty itself we admire. It’s not the force of intellect. It’s not invention, aesthetics, or capacity itself. The greatest talent that we think a man can have?” He plucked one final string. “Seems to me that it must be nothing more than novelty.”

p. 1000 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/the-way-of-kings/and-so-he-said.md)

> People see in stories what they’re looking for.

p. 807 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/the-way-of-kings/people-see-in-stories.md)

> That man’s so incompetent he might as well be fighting for the other side.

p. 667 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/brandon-sanderson/the-way-of-kings/that-mans-so-incompetent.md)