Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius. “Slay them all. God will know his own.” ~ attributed to Abbot Arnold Amaury before the massacre of Béziers during the Albigensian Crusade,
Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love. ~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. – Henry David Thoreau
Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; Great minds in the commonplace. – Elbert Hubbard
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be only afraid of standing still. – chinese proverb
There are many paths to the top of the mountain – but the view is always the same. – chinese proverb
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All these moments will be lost in time. Like tears in rain. Time to die.” – Rutger Hauer as ‘Batty’ in Blade Runner
“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.” – Leon Trotsky
‘You must learn to wait properly’ ‘And how does one learn that?’ ‘By letting go of yourself, leaving yourself and everything yours behind you so decisively that nothing more is left of you but a purposeless tension’ – Eugen Herrigel from Zen in the Art of Archery
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana (1863 – 1952)