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" The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. "
-Socrates

Tis safer to be that which we destroy
Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.

- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1605), Act III, scene 2, line 9.

"Of the gladest moments in human life, methinks is the departure upon a distant journey to unknown lands."
-Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton was an incredibly wise man.
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
Marianne Williamson

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

- Robert Kennedy

"Greed has been severely underestimated and denigrated – unfairly so, in my opinion."
-Conrad Black

"Working together, we can put an end to this cycle that creates deep pain in the hearts of our mothers, our fathers, and our people, who have lost loved ones to this senseless violence."
- Stanley Williams

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

"I'm not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn't changed me."
- Bobby Fischer

"It is not true that life is one damn thing after another. It's the same damn thing over and over."

~Edna St. Vincent Millay

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

-Wayne Dyer

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all you possess.
I wish enough "hellos" to get through the final "goodbye".

Bob Perks

"Those who have followed the assertive idiot rather than the introspective wise person have passed us some of their genes." Nassim N. Taleb

You have to be able to survive change and keep your integrity.
-Tommy Shaw

"Identify and don’t tolerate the problems that stand in the way of achieving your goals." Ray Dalio

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.
Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1905), p. 203