Unknowing ignorance is preferable to informed stupidity.

Attacking a provincial lord in his manor house, surrounded by guards...Honestly, Kell, I'd nearly forgotten how foolhardy you can be. "Foolhardy?" Kelsier asked with a laugh. "that wasn't foolhardy - that was just a small diversion. You should see some of the things I'm planning to do! Dockson stood for a moment then he laughed too. "By the Lord Ruler, it's good to have you back, kell! I'm afraid I've grown rather boring during the last few years" "We'll fix that" Kelsier promised.

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

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.

Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.