Life consists not of holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. -unknown

Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood. -unknown

There are two sorts of curiosity -- the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things. -unknown

Darkness. It is merely a state that exists within the world. Void of all forms of light, darkness is the polar opposite of the light that comes and gives the life to this world. Does that mean that the darkness is wrong? That since it is the opposite of life-giving, that in fact it is life-taking? Does that mean those of the dark are also to be condemned as such? -unknown

You have to stand for something or else you'll fall to anything. -unknown

“Those who believe solely in their own strength are fools who will die at the rise of many. True strength comes from external forces.” -unknown

To know one's enemy is not just to know their strengths, but also their faults. To know oneself is to acknowledge one's faults. True wisdom comes in doing so. True power comes in accepting it. -unknown

Space, a maze without walls. -unknown

"Careful with that light at the end of the tunnel, it might be another train coming." -unknown

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." --unknown

“Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy." –Albert Einstein

“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered. -- Nelson Mandela

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.” -- Christian Nestell Bovee

“The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg.” -- Khalil Gibran

Enemies stab you in the chest. Friends stab you in the back. True friends don’t carry knives. -unknown

Worlds are hidden in books, as long as you know how to read them. -unknown

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. -unknown

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can have.
-T.H. White

"It's all the same. Someone starts a war, there's lots of blood, gore and death, and then a treaty's made and then broken before the ink dries. All that changes are the names of the people involved." -unknown

Knowledge is the true organ of sight -unknown

If we all did the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. -Thomas Edison

"The great god Desktop dwells in the sacred heaven of Internet; where the spirits Microsoft and MacIntosh serve the deity's wishes. The god's Prophet was named DOS. Those who are evil are banished to "WorkOffline" for all eternity." The high priests are called "Sysops" and the lesser ones called "Teksupport".
I could go on, but I'm laughing too hard already... –RedEye (anonymous)

Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another. -Doctor Who

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control. -Wess Roberts

Committee- a group of people who individually can do nothing but as a group decides that nothing can be done. -Fred Allen

Question: Why does God allow evil in the world?
Sri Ramakrishna: To thicken the plot.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
-Henry Brooks Adams

Truth, justice, honor...none of that's worth shit. What matters is people, and people aren't honest or just or honorable. They're petty and they're angry and they're afraid, and all anyone really wants, deep down, is to be wanted. And what's truth to that? -M. Clark(unknown)

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his. -George S. Patton

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. -Bill Watterson