Oliver Bowden Quotes

“Only a mind free of impediment is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world. This is our greatest asset.”

“Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.”

“I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.”

“Listen, do you really expect me to believe that God lives beneath the Vatican?”

“We see the world as it really is, and hope that one day all mankind might see the same.”

“Compromise. That’s what everyone has insisted on. And so I have learnt it. But differently than most, I think.”

“Self expression is a vital part of understanding life, and enjoying it to the full.”

“To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic.”

“Our Creed does not command us to be free. It commands us to be wise.”

“It is a good life we lead, brother.”

The world is “an illusion. One we can either submit to – as most do – or transcend.”

“To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization.”

“It is not our right to punish one for thinking as he does, no matter how much we disagree.”

“We work in the Dark, to serve the Light. We are Assassins.”

“For at my side walks hope. In the face of all that insists I turn back, I carry on: this, this is my compromise.”

“We are what we choose to be.”

“You’re wrong. And that’s why you must be put to rest.”

“A warning to you both - choose to follow me or oppose me and I will kill you.”

“It is too late for me to feel paternal now. Whatever inside me that might once have been capable of nurturing my child had long since been corrupted or burned away. Years of betrayal and slaughter have seen to that.”

“Learning is knowledge and knowledge is freedom and power. He knew that. He had forgotten that, somehow. But he knew it once more.”