Monday, July 24, 2006

Words from the wise

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. -Edmund Burke

He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done. -Leonardo da Vinci

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein

Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly. -Virgil

All you need is love. -Lennon/McCartney

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Ben Franklin

Pacifists are objectively pro-fascist. -George Orwell

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. -Napoleon Bonaparte

Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country, he won it by making the other bastard die for his. -George S. Patton

The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness...This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. -Plato

I like a man who grins when he fights. -Winston S. Churchill

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. -James Marshall Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)

True peace is not merely the absence of tension, it is the presence of justice. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. -Thomas Jefferson

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. -Confucius

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain

1 comment:

ChickyBabe said...

My favourite is Mark Twain's. So true! If we do something stupid, we can always blame it on being young and immature, if we don't do it, we've noone to blame but ourselves.