A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

I feel it is everybodies obligation to reach for the best in themselves and use that for the interest of mankind. -- Corneluis (comment on 'Are you going to change the world? (Really?)')

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda