#wi

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#inaction #just-do-it #timidity #wisdom #wisdom

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #reductionism #wisdom #wisdom

Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade? ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#wisdom #work #wisdom

No man is poor who has a Godly mother. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#mother #wisdom #wisdom

Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#wisdom #wisdom

Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#wisdom #wisdom

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #wisdom #wisdom

We can buy you one of those books they have for little kids 'Timmy Has Two Dads'. Except I don't think they have one called 'Timmy Has Two Dads and One of Them Was Evil'. That part you're just going to have to work through on your own. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-lightwood #mortal-instruments #shadowhunters #simon-lewis #work

Just take the weapon you hold in your hand and drive it through his heart," Valentine's voice was soft. "One simple motion. Nothing you haven't done before." Jace met his father's stare with a level gaze. "I saw Agramon," he said. "It had your face." "You saw Agramon?" The Soul-Sword glittered as Valentine moved toward his son. "And you lived?" "I killed it." "You killed the Demon of Fear, but you won't kill a single vampire, not even at my order?" Jace stood watching Valentine without expression. "He's a vampire, that's true," he said. "But his name is Simon. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#ethics #fear #jace-wayland #loyalty #simon-lewis

They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap! ↗

— James Patterson

#erasers #flying #maximum-ride #wings #remember