"...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases. "
— Robert Anton Wilson (Cosmic Trigger I : Final Secret of the Illuminati)

"Entropy requires no maintenance"
— Robert Anton Wilson

"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich."
— Laozi (Tao Te Ching)

"Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you."
— Laozi

"Dare to think for yourself."
— Voltaire

"If we believe absurdities we shall commit atrocities."
— Voltaire

"Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk."
— Viking proverb

"The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him."
— Miyamoto Musashi (The Book of Five Rings)

"To See a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour."
— William Blake

"Resist much. Obey little."
— Walt Whitman

"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
— Leonardo da Vinci

"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions."
— Leonardo da Vinci

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
— Socrates