The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The wrong fit however, can suffocate.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?

I've always been very confident in my immaturity.

I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.

My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table.

That's kind of what trust is, isn't it? A willful self-delusion.

If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by its chains.

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

It was a dictum of his that the soul's energy thrives when the body's desires are feeblest.

By constant practices, deliberate repetitions and uninterrupted exercises, leaders go from zero to hero. They don't quit.

AH I know is what I see in the papers.

Every living soul has different talents, different desires, different faculties. Be yourself, for even if you deceive the entire world, you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

It's much easier to love yourself when you are being yourself.

Dreams - Language in a dream is unspoken but understood. Words get in the way.

the temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.

I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.

Success is less about luck, and more about practice.