Inspiring quotes thread

Which is why I like it and chose it, framed precisely so. It won’t be the first or last time that the wilful ignorance of religion spawned something greater than itself, all unknowing.

“After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” - Spock

Society is like chilli, if you don’t keep it stirred up, the scum rises to the top.

-Edward Abbey

Just got a 2013 calendar from a friend. It included these quotations:

“Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.” - Lowell Thomas

“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.” - Elbert Hubbard

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” - John Muir

“Act as if it were impossible to fail.” - Dorothea Brande