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Bits of Clarity
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- Evil is not the inability to distinguish between right and
wrong. Evil is the conscious choice to ignore that distinction.
(EK)
- A coward dies a thousand deaths fearing one. (Klingon proverb)
- There are three basic struggles in life. The struggle for sentience
comes first, for without sentience, there is nothing but the
nightmarish nonsense of pleasure and pain. A modest success in that
first struggle leads to the stuggle for sanity, for without its order
and discipline, sentience is nothing but insanity. A sane and sentient
being then encounters the last basic struggle -- the one for goodness.
That is the hardest and most elusive one, for selfishness and wrath are
inherent in human nature. (EK)
- Hell is the impossibility of reason. ("Platoon")
- The forefront of science is its least scientific part. (EK)
- On men and women -- one way to say it is that they complete each
other; another way to say it is that they deserve each other.
- Fortune favors the prepared mind.
- If you see light at the end of the wormhole, chances are it is a
photon torpedo heading your way. (Bolean proverb)
- Treasure the moment, for that is the only tangible piece of
mortal reality. (EK)
- All that's bright must fade,
The brightest still the fleetest;
All that's sweet was made
But to be lost when sweetest. (Thomas Moore)
- Invulnerability through non-absorptive transmission.(EK)
- Passive retribution through perfect reflection. (EK)
- Anger brings out the worst in people, but also makes it easier for
them to reveal their true feelings. (Rillen, "The Adventurers")
- If people cannot change, they cannot grow and better themselves.
(Rillen, "The Adventurers")
- The world toils endlessly to find new and inventive ways to break a
decent man's heart. (EK)
- What is the way of the warrior? The way of the warrior is death.
(Bushido)
- Idiocy is the perfect insanity -- idiots need not fear retribution,
commital, or ostracism. They are as ubiquitous as the sand in
the desert and twice more hindersome. (EK)
- Soon we go to Arrakis. Arrakis is real. The Harkonnen are real. (Dune)
- This is the future I have always fought for. And I have no place in
it. (Buzz Lightyear)
- Depression is anger turned inward. (modern psychoanalysis)
- Do I not destroy my enemy if I turn him into a friend? (Rev Bem)
- I don't need to like it; I just need to do it. (common)
- Time is the fire in which we burn. (Dr Soron)
- The greatest vengeance to take on hinderers and obstacles is to be
even more successful despite them. (EK)
- In the forest of possibilities, one must keep on his track. (EK)
- In the fog of the unknown, islands of meaning are separated by an abyss
of empty chaos. (EK)
- Don't ignore idiots -- even the blind can stumble over treasure. (EK)
- If you are not the lead dog, the view never changes. (corporate)
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