Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.

Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire emotion and knowledge.

Science is nothing but perception.

Reality is created by the mind. We can change our reality by changing our mind.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something.

No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Doing nothing was as honourable as any available course of action. Think of Hamlet, think of Job, think of Jesus before Pilate.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

You’ll tell yourself anything you have to, to pretend that you’re still the one in control.

I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it's a lie already at work.

The pursuit of mathematics is a divine madness of the human spirit.

The powerful notion of entropy, which comes from a very special branch of physics … is certainly useful in the study of communication and quite helpful when applied in the theory of language.

If we hope to go anywhere or develop ourselves in any way, we can only step from where we are standing. If we don't really know where we are standing... We may only go in circles.

Diplomacy is letting someone else have your way.

Death's a debt; his mandamus binds all alike- no bail, no demurrer.

Knowledge is potential; action is power.