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Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), 1916
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams
Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.
Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Principle
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man.
Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889 - 1967)
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Indian Proverb
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
J. G. Holland
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
Sophy Burnham
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers, New York Times Aug. 31 1924
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
Death is not the worst than can happen to men.
Plato
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
Plato
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Plato
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Plato
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), 1916
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
Scott Adams, The Dilbert Future
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
Scott Adams
Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with low SAT scores. The only differences among us is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.
Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Principle
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Albert Einstein
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
Pray as if everything depended upon God and work as if everything depended upon man.
Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889 - 1967)
Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Indian Proverb
God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.
J. G. Holland
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
Sophy Burnham
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919)
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers
You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers, New York Times Aug. 31 1924
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
He who knows others is wise;
He who know himself is enlightened.
Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
Death is not the worst than can happen to men.
Plato
If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same things.
Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
Plato
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Plato
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Plato