Phrases/Quotes of Wisdom Thread

Karma. Don't be mean or unkind or it will hit you tenfold. I really believe in that.

"People should never go too hard on their enemies. The last thing they want to do is inspire them." - my girlfriend

"Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself" - Dalinar, The Way of Kings

"Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service" - Teft, The Way of Kings

"One can both be intelligent and accept the intelligence of those who disagree with you" - Shallan, The Way of Kings

"Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view" - Obi Wan Kenobi

Wear your tragedies as armor, not shackles. -Anonymous

Only a fool thinks they know everything, the wise know they don't know everything. -A proverb

Books are a uniquely portable magic. -Stephen King

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. -Thomas Szasz

"do unto others as you would be done by"

be true to yourself and you will be happy

if somethings worth doing then its worth doing properly

the strong have the ability to obliterate the weak yet the truly strong protect their meek and achieve true power

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

Here's to you as good as you are,
And here's to me as bad as I am.
And as good as you are,
and as bad as I am.
I'm as good as you are,
as bad as I am.

every cloud has a silver lining

"when you find a cancer you cut it out you don't leave it to fester and metastasise for this reason we must kill the communist for they are the cancer of society and we must do it quickly and thoroughly lest it take root in the surrounding areas"

history is there to teach us so that we may avoid the craters of the past going forwards

don't stress about things you cant change or you'll end up in a pine box early

The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short, and the pen is very sharp.
- Terry Pratchett

Time is the father of truth, its mother our mind. - Giordano Bruno

Trust no one ~ X-Files

I see your sanderson quote and raise you:

“You are inexperienced. So was I, once. So is every man. The measure of a person is not how much they have lived. . . It's in how they make us of what life has shown them.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Alloy of Law