I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. The Fellowship of the Ring

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself. Man's Search For Meaning

Once it's been proved to you that you're descended from an ape, it's no use pulling a face; just accept it. Once they've proved to you that a single droplet of your own fat must be dearer to you than a hundred thousand of your fellow human beings and consequently that all so-called virtues and duties are nothing but ravings and prejudices, then accept that too, because there's nothing to be done. Notes from Underground

"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle." The Analects of Confucius