"Sometimes you can fall down the stairs, and only learn that gravity is still there"

-Tex of the Black Pants Legion.

“Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

"If you are confronted with two evils, thus the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether... The weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil."

~ Hannah Arendt

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or anyone else, and he ends up loosing respect for himself and others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love in him, he yields to impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.

-Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Through action, a Man becomes a Hero, Through death, a Hero becomes a Legend
Through time, a Legend becomes a Myth. And by learning from the Myth, a Man takes action.

-Eiichiro Oda

The secret to happiness is Freedom. And the Secret to Freedom is Courage. - Thucydides.