Books have great value, actions have greater value.

...A man can only stumble for so long before he either falls or stands up straight.

It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.

That's the point, isn't it? We have to live on, no matter how hard it gets. We'll win in the end.

He found insanity no excuse, however, for irrational behavior.

Elend: I kind of lost track of time…Breeze: For two hours?Elend: There were books involved.

It is a time of change, '' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

What a pair they were - a Mistborn who felt guilty wasting coins to jump and a nobleman who thought balls were too expensive.

If you perpetuate the dreams of the past, you stifle your own dreams of the future.

In a way, she'd rather trust him and be wrong than deal with the worry of mistrust.

When I finally lie down, I find sleep elusive. The same thoughts that trouble me during the day are only compounded by the stillness of night.

Maybe heaven was innocence, limbo was ignorance, and hell was fiery illumination.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The road is better than the inn.

Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

I would like to have Brooklyn christened but I'm not sure which religion yet.

Who teaches the soul if not God?

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the Financial Times.

Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.

A hamburger is an icon of layered circles, the circle being at once the most spiritual and the most sensual of shapes.

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.