Quotes About Knowledge

“Jace?"
"Yeah?"
"How did you know I had Shadowhunter blood? Was there some way you could tell?"
The elevator arrived with a final groan. Jace unlatched the gate and slid it open. The inside reminded Clary of a birdcage, all black metal and decorative bits of gilt. "I guessed," he said, latching the door behind them. "It seemed like the most likely explanation."
"You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me."
He pressed a button in the wall, and the elevator lurched into action with a vibrating groan that she felt all through the bones in her feet. "I was ninety percent sure."
"I see," Clary said.
There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put a hand to his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?"
The other ten percent," she said, and they rode the rest of the way down to the street in silence.” 


“Inventory:

"Four be the things I am wiser to know:
Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
Four be the things I'd been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.
Three be the things I shall never attain:
Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
Three be the things I shall have till I die:
Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.” 


A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” 

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” 

“I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.” 

“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.” 

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”


“When you know better you do better.” 


“Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.”