The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

So you're a Shadowhunter, ' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.''Was that before or after he tried to eat you?' Will inquired.

Always look within, to seek out the love and joy residing inside of you and then look to find your dark shadows falling behind you disappear.

Everyone is on a journey at any given moment in their lives

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

And now Lord what wait I for?

Arrogance is a weird emotion to take on, but you have to do it.

I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals.

Justification by faith is the hinge on which all true religion turns.

Sometimes it's more important to change politicians than light bulbs.

Don't be a baby about this. No tantrums.