Fear is the mind-killer

The Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear.
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be [...]

What have we learned over the past 2,063 years?

What have we learned over the past 2,063 years?

“The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of [...]

Turkey Quotes – The Eagle, Ben Franklin, and the Turkey

The Eagle, Ben Franklin, and the Turkey
Franklin’s Letter to His Daughter (excerpt)
“For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near [...]

Famous Quotes – The Mask

“Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.”
– W. Somerset Maugham