Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Even if everybody says it’s impossible, with determination, there is always something you can do. The last thing is to give up without trying.

Slavery remains rife, the shackles are just different. Labels and desires have replaced the cuffs and chains.

Works of art are infinitely solitary and nothing is less likely to reach them than criticism. Only love can grasp them and hold them and do them justice.

I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

I'm dying with you before I'm living without you.

Every action we take has consequences, Vin," Kelsier said. "I've found that in both Allomancy and life, the person who can best judge the consequences of their actions will be the most successful.

Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.

I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.

An education reformer is as important in America as the first lady.

I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.