Quotes to Reflect Upon

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
--Gahndi

A society can only survive if it's built upon the sme ideals it clings to.
--Robert Henry Barnes

When the sun is shining, till the fields, and when it is raining, engage in reading.
--Seikou Udoku

A woman who waits for a knight to ride to her rescue on a white stallion will eat up your time and your life. A woman you can give a battle axe to and will fight side by side through her problems and yours is one with whom you can share every aspect of your life.
--Robert Henry Barnes

Dreams are private myths; myths are public dreams.
--Joseph Campbell

Rule #1 for spelling: When in doubt, look it up.
Rule #1 for punctuation: When in doubt, leave it out.

With creative works, never wait until you have the skill to do it right. Do it now.

Carl Jung said myths combine psychological reality with the collective unconscious (shared ancestral experience).

Psychology and augury are much alike: so much so that psychology has often been called "the new black magic."
--many a modern scholar

If you want to do something well, especially something you like, don't study it in school.
--Karl Staubach

Metaphors are artistic lies that make sense if you use some imagination.

A "line" is a word, or words, side by side which sound sensible.

Poetry is the best way you can think of to say or sing something.

Teach what you know, regardless of when you have learned it-teach what you learned yesterday sagely, as if you have known it all your life, and teach what you have known for decades with enthusiasm, as if you learned it only yesterday.
--from Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey

Your great speech is always mindless prattle to someone else, just as they are certain their prattle is a great speech.
--Master Justyn in Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey

Dress your best. Heroes in paintings always look terrific, and you never know when it might be your turn to become a legend.
--Firesong in Owlknight by Mercedes Lackey

Teach me and I'll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I'll understand.
--Chinese Proverb

The difference between a boss and a leader: A boss says, "GO!" A leader says, "Let's go!"
--E.M. Kelly

First-rate people hire first-rate people, second-rate people hire third-rate people.
--Leo Rosten

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
--Theodore Roosevelt

The Voltaire Principle: I disagree with what you say but I defend to the death your right to say it.

Don't prepare for the worst. Build a future that can handle it.
--Robert Henry Barnes

Life is like a snowball, you have to keep moving to grow.
--Robert Henry Barnes

No matter what you do or don't do, the world will change. The question is: Do you want to a/effect the change?
--Robert Henry Barnes

Do you want to react and find a solution to the puzzle or act and design the puzzle?
--Robert Henry Barnes