"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." CS Lewis

"....goddamn the pusher man" - Steppingwolf

"Ooohh, that smell..., the smell of death surrounds you..." Lynard Skynard

I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger - Rod Stewart

" I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then " Pete Sieger

"...and his mind is not for rent to any god or government..."   Rush

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I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger - Rod Stewart

Just what do you know now? - Wally Walrath

While I am on the wisdom of my dear mentor and the late, Wally:

"there is a lot of things you don't know"

Then there is a bit of wisdom and old Portuguese farmer man gave me as a child, and it has about as much practical application as any I have ever heard.

"son" he said to me, "take care of your credit, it will make you wealthy"


One picked up through life experiences, "forgiveness is easier to get than permission"

(the holdies practice this one for text messaging)

Whenever the reply to a complex question is a stock and unconsidered one, it makes me worry all the more.


Paul Wilmott

"The reeking masses yearn for gods and miracles. It is their opiate, and they consume it greedily.
The people do not endeavor towards greatness, but rather mire themselves in their petty strifes
- shackles on the feet of man."-Wiegraf Folles

"Wiegraf Folles is the leader of the Corpse Brigade terrorist organization in Final Fantasy Tactics. He later becomes a Knights Templar, and then merges with the Lucavi demon Belias. He serves as a antagonist until the end of chapter three. Wiegraf is a Holy Knight, giving him access to all of the same swordsmanship moves as Agrias Oaks except for Divine Ruination."

 

Hmmm... very interesting. 

This makes him... what? A real man? Or, a figment of the imagination?

Religion being the opiate of the masses is a quote taken from Karl Marx, an atheist who inspired men like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao Zedong, three of the largest mass murderers in history.

OS, I guess I better do a background check on a quote next time, aye?

I just read the Wikipedia article on him and it makes no sense at all to me.

I am inclined to think that the authority of Holy Scripture is intended to convince men of those truths which are necessary for their salvation, and which being far above man's understanding cannot be made credible by any learning, or any other means than revelation by the Holy Spirit.

But that the same God has endowed us with senses, reason, and understanding, does not permit us to use them, and desires to acquaint us in any other way with such knowledge as we are in a position to acquire for ourselves by means of those faculties, that it seems to me I am not bound to believe, especially concerning those sciences about which the Holy Scriptures contain only small fragments and varying conclusions; and this is precisely the case with astronomy, of which there is so little that the planets are not even all enumerated....

- Galilieo Galilei, 1613