..... Bits of Clarity .....

• 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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