"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." – Helen Keller
“Political tags — such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth — are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.” – Robert A. Heinlein, “The Notebooks of Lazarus Long“
"Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves." – D.H. Lawrence
Eli: “No, I walk by faith, not by sight. It means that you know something even if you don’t know something. It doesn’t have to make sense, it’s faith, it’s faith. It’s the flower of light in the field of darkness, it’s giving me the strength to carry on, you understand?” Solara: “Is that from your book?” Eli: “No it’s Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison.” – Denzel Washington as Eli, The Book of Eli. (Screenplay by Gary Whitta)
"Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think." – Thomas A. Edison
"So this is how liberty dies: with thunderous applause." – Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala, Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith (Screenplay by George Lucas)
“And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.” – Genesis 28:15 (KJV)
"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the curiosity of inquiry." – Albert Einstein
“Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong-but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong! Heaven save us from poltroons who fear to make a choice. Let us stand up and be counted.” – John Joseph Bonforte, a character in Robert A. Heinlein’s novel “Double Star“
"Tears are the silent language of grief." – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason." – Jerry Seinfeld
“…the United States government and its agencies have, by far, the largest pile-up of interest-bearing debts ($15.6 trillion), the largest accumulation of unsecured obligations (over $60 trillion), the largest yearly deficit ($1.6 trillion), and the greatest indebtedness to the rest of the world ($4.8 trillion).” – Martin D. Weiss
“Are you where you want to be if it doesn’t work?” – Novelist Louis L’Amour (1908-1988)
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. – Psalm 149:1-4 (KJV)
“As I looked at my two young sons, each with his gun, and considered how much the safety of the party depended on these little fellows, I felt grateful to you, dear husband, for having acquainted them in childhood with the use of firearms.” – Elisabeth Robinson, narrating in “The Swiss Family Robinson” by Johann David Wyss