Beliefs are the foundation of actions. Those who believed without doubting, he would say, acted without thinking. And those who acted without thinkin…

- R. Scott Bakker

You know nothing of war. War is dark. Black as pitch. It is not a God. It does not laugh or weep. It rewards neither skill nor daring. It is not a tr…

- R. Scott Bakker

Darkness shields as much as it threatens.

- R. Scott Bakker

What if the choice isn’t between certainties, between this faith and that, but between faith and doubt? Between renouncing the mystery and embracing …

- R. Scott Bakker

To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world. To be deceived is to be the slave of anothe…

- R. Scott Bakker

Doubt begets understanding, and understanding begets compassion. Verily, it is conviction that kills.

- R. Scott Bakker

Sometimes the Nonman would climb upon some wild pulpit, the mossed remains of a fallen tree, the humped back of a boulder, and paint wonders with his…

- R. Scott Bakker

Where no paths exist, a man strays only when he misses his destination. There is no crime, no transgression, no sin save foolishness or incompetence,…

- R. Scott Bakker

Everyone thinks they've won the Magical Belief Lottery. Everyone thinks they more or less have a handle on things, that they, as opposed to the billi…

- R. Scott Bakker