Quotes

“Dare to be honest and fear no labor.” Robert Burns

“Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.” Robert Burns

“His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.” Robert Burns

“I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.” Robert Burns

“Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!” Robert Burns

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.” Frank Herbert

“Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!” Robert Burns

“The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.” Frank Herbert

“Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.” Robert Burns

“Suspense is worse than disappointment.” Robert Burns

“The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.” Frank Herbert

“Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.” Robert Burns

“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.” Robert Burns

“The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.” Frank Herbert

“The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.” Robert Burns

“There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.” Frank Herbert

“There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.” Robert Burns

“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 nothing. Only I will remain.” Frank Herbert

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” Frank Herbert

“Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.” Frank Herbert

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.” Frank Herbert

“Truth is subject to too much analysis.” Frank Herbert

“A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.” Frank Herbert

“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” Frank Herbert

“Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.” Hippocrates

“Walking is man's best medicine.” Hippocrates

“Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.” Hippocrates

“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” Hippocrates

“Many admire, few know.” Hippocrates

“Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.” Hippocrates