The Captain's Oath (Star Trek: The Original Series)

by Christopher L. Bennett

We don’t become better people by patting ourselves on the back at how enlightened we are. We do it by remaining aware of our own potential to make mistakes, since that’s the only way to do better in the future.”

A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. —Koloth, Son of Lasshar

I believe it is better to have an excess of information to select from than a deficit.

When all you have are your memories, let no one take them from you—least of all yourself. —Aulacri proverb

“You can’t move forward by forgetting your past. You have to learn from all of it, the good and the bad.

It’s only by admitting our wrongs and our failures, by confronting them honestly, that we can ever transcend them.

The greatest evils are committed by those who assume they can do no wrong. It’s our acceptance of our capacity to do evil that drives us to be better.