Underlingdom

"Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings". - (Act I, Scene II).

- Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)

Mind Power

'For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. To me it is a prison.' - (Act II, Scene II).

Hamlet (William Shakespeare)

Predetermination

"There is a destiny which shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will."
- Hamlet (William Shakespeare)

Wisdom

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

Evil? or Stupidity?

Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Making 'a living'

A 'living' * is where you can acquire everything you need yourself (ie. without the support of Government, friends, et c.)

* (as in 'to make a living', 'to earn a living', 'what do you do for a living?', et c.)

- Irving Gribbish

If you're going to be crazy

'If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it, or else you're going to be locked up.'

- Hunter S Thompson (July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005)

If you're going to be crazy

'If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it, or else you're going to be locked up.'

- Hunter S Thompson (July 18, 1937 - February 20, 2005)

The End of Exploring

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
THE FOUR QUARTETS

- T. S. Eliot

The End of Exploring

"We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
THE FOUR QUARTETS

- T. S. Eliot

Wisdom and Knowledge

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
THE ROCK (1934)

- T. S. Eliot

Obvious

"Everything is obvious in retrospect."
- Irving Gribbish

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

"Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."
- DALAI LAMA