level 1 He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
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He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it. -Dante Alighieri, poet (1265-1321)
level 2
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” –Friedrich Nietzsche
“Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party — though they are quite numerous — is no freedom at all. Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters.” ~ Rosa Luxemburg
level 3
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.” —Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way. We cherish memory as the only certain immortality, never fully understanding the necessary plan.” - Irving Townsend.
level 4
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C.S. Lewis
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. - Voltaire
level 5
“Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. ” —Laurence J. Peter
“They that would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
People too weak to follow their own dreams will always find a way to discourage others.
Those who are different change the world. Those who are the same keep it that way.
Be who you are and say what you think.
Those who mind don't matter.
And those who matter won't mind.
— Dr. Seuss
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork? — Stanislaw J. Lec
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. — Abraham Lincoln
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. — Harriet Woods
It is with narrow-souled people as it is with narrow-necked bottles: the less they have in them, the more noise they make pouring it out. — Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting. — Tom Stoppard
“You can't find a hermit to teach you herming, because of course that rather spoils the whole thing.” – (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, © run away from, and (d) rocks. – (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. *No one* ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things. – (Terry Pratchett, Jingo)
“Slave is an Ephebian word. In Om we have no word for slave,” said Vorbis. “So I understand,” said the Tyrant. “I imagine that fish have no word for water.” – (Terry Pratchett, Small Gods)
We've reached a special place, spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically. – Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Caribbean, Walt Disney Pictures, 2003
“While I'm still confused and uncertain, it's on a much higher plane, d'you see, and at least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.” Treatle nodded. “I hadn't looked at it like that,” he said, “But you're absolutely right. He's really pushed back the boundaries of ignorance.” – Discworld scientists at work (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)
Never Judge a day by the Weather.
The best things in life aren't things.
Tell the truth - there's less to remember.
Speak softly and wear a loud shirt.
Goals are deceptive - the unaimed arrow never misses.
Age is relative - when you're over the hill you pick up speed.
There are two ways to be rich:
1. Make more,
and
2. Desire less.
Beauty is internal - looks mean nothing.
No rain; no Rainbow.
I used to think it was terrible that life was so unfair. And then I thought, “Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair; and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them.”
And so now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe. - Marcus Cole [Ranger, Babylon 5: A Late Delivery from Avalon [3.13]]
“The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.” -Benjamin Disraeli
“Only a mediocre man is always at his best.” —W. Somerset Maugham
“When people have trouble communicating, the least they can do is to shut up.” —Tom Lehrer
“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” —David Russell
“He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not, is a slave.” —William Drummond
“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.” —Frank Zappa
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ” — Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
“Never mistake motion for action. ” - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. ” - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” - Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” - Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)
“The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs and ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved', the pig was 'committed'.” - unknown
“I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it.” - Groucho Marx (1895-1977)
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” - Frank Zappa
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” - Jimi Hendrix
“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. ” - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. ” - Niels Bohr (1885-1962)
“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ” -John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
“In the end, everything is a gag. ” - Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
I am not young enough to know everything.“ -Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. ” —General George Patton (1885-1945)
“If I were two faced, would I be wearing this one?” -Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
“Never mistake motion for action. ” - Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
“I think it would be a good idea. ” - Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), when asked what he thought of Western civilization
“After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ” -Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)
“He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. ” -Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them”. - Mark Twain (1835-1910)
William Shakespeare: “I dote on his very absence.”
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): “I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.”
It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem. - G.K.Chesterton
There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. - G.K.Chesterton
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. - George Bernard Shaw
Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior. - George Bernard Shaw
Of course, America has often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. – Oscar Wilde
Puritanism: the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H.L.Menchen
Going to church no more makes you a Christian than going to the garage makes you a car. Laurence F. Peter
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” – Theodore Isaac Rubin, MD
“We have all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of William Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know that this is not true.” —Professor Robert Silensky, University of California
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it, and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. – Mark Twain
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. – Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519
Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. – Frederick Douglass
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde
“I picked up a Magic 8-Ball the other day and it said 'Outlook not so good.' I said, 'Sure, but Microsoft still ships it.'
If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.
There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe. – Albert Einstein
You can have it fast, cheap or right. Pick two.
“Your friends may love you in private but your enemies will hate you in public.” – Mark Twain
“The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there are 1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but government regulations on the sale of cabbage total 26,911.” – The National Review
Intelligence is like a river: the deeper it is the less noise it makes.
Maturity is knowing when to be mature.
The plural of anecdote is not data. – Roger Brinner
What is the difference between dogs and cats?
Dog: “They feed me, love me and take care of me: they must be gods!”
Cat: “They feed me, love me and take care of me: I must be a god!”
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” – Oscar Wilde
“Computers are useless. They can only give answers.” – Pablo Picasso
“Getting a grasp on the Internet is like chasing a jello rattlesnake in a room full of Wesson oil. It's a great deal of good clean fun, but the snake is in no danger.” – Jack Rickard, Editor, Boardwatch
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.” – Unknown
If one person says you're a duck, he's crazy. If two people say you're a duck, it's a conspiracy. If three people say you're a duck, start looking for feathers on your butt.
“The ratio of horses asses to horses noses is not one to one.” – F.C. Hentz (NCSU Chemistry Prof.)
In a world without fences, who needs Gates?
A fanatic is someone who redoubles his effort when he's forgotten his aim. – Santayana
“`Begin at the beginning,' the King said, gravely, `and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. – James Dean
“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body. Most naked men elicit laughter from women.” – Dave Barry
Either that wallpaper goes or I do. – Oscar Wilde's last words
“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm. As you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.” – Audrey Hepburn
When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. – Italian Proverb
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. – Oscar Wilde
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
There are two things to aim for in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. – Logan Pearsall Smith
”[Literary-minded] men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only reasonable creature among crazy people who think they are disinherited monarchs.” - Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
“Back in a minute” - Godot
“We are born nude and everything after that is drag.” - Ru Paul
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” - Rachel Carson
Early to bed and early to rise, and you'll meet very few of our best people. – George Ade
“Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what's right.” - Isaac Asimov
“You can kill a thousand; you can bring an end to life; you cannot kill an idea.” - Acting Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)
“The porcupine with the sharpest quills gets stuck on a tree more often.”
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public school.
“The information superhighway is a revolution that in years to come will transcend newspapers, radio, and television as an information source. Therefore, I think this is the time to put some restrictions on it.” - U.S. Senator James Exon
Irony: God gave the turtle a drag coefficient of 0.3
Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. History simply documents the success of that approach.
For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like. - Abraham Lincoln
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see each other whole against the sky. - Rainer Rilke
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail. – Abraham Maslow
He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.
The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
Genius may have it's limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. – Elbert Hubbard
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain
“When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” - Mark Twain
The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules for ourselves as we go along. - Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, Last Chance to See (1990)
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. - Frank Herbert
For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. - H. L. Mencken
Churchill's Commentary on Man:
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. - Mark Twain
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
Don't be humble, you're not that great. - Golda Meir to Moshe Dayan
G. B. Shaw to William Douglas Home:
“Go on writing plays, my boy. One of these days a London producer will go into his office and say to his secretary, `Is there a play from Shaw this morning?' and when she says `No,' he will say, `Well, then we'll have to start on the rubbish.' And that's your chance, my boy.”
The world's as ugly as sin,
And almost as delightful
- Frederick Locker-Lampson
All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed. - Sean O'Casey
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
O give me a home,
Where the buffalo roam,
Where the deer and the antelope play,
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word,
'Cause what can an antelope say?
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. - Jules de Gaultier
Emersons' Law of Contrariness:
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Having found them, we shall then hate them for it.
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
There were in this country two very large monopolies. The larger of the two had the following record: the Vietnam War, Watergate, double-digit inflation, fuel and energy shortages, bankrupt airlines, and the 8-cent postcard. The second was responsible for such things as the transistor, the solar cell, lasers, synthetic crystals, high fidelity stereo recording, sound motion pictures, radio astronomy, negative feedback, magnetic tape, magnetic “bubbles”, electronic switching systems, microwave radio and TV relay systems, information theory, the first electrical digital computer, and the first communications satellite. Guess which one got to tell the other how to run the telephone business?
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.
Dennis Wholey
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” - John Lennon
“The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even heard. They must be found within the heart.” - Helen Keller
time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. - j lennon
“Live as one already dead.” - Japanese saying
“Has it ever occurred to you that there might be a difference between having an open mind and having holes in one's head?” - Richard Schultz, on soc.culture.jewish
“A room without books is a body without a soul” —Cicero, 106-43 BC.
“Words that emanate from the heart enter into the heart of another” - Midrash
“I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any act of kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now, as I shall not pass this way again.” – William Penn