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The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

Pulp Fiction
(the actual text of Ezekial 25:17 is not what was quoted in the movie)

Three rings for the Elven-Kings under the sky,
       Seven for the Dwarf-Lords in their halls of stone,
       Nine for the mortal men doomed to die,
       One for the Dark Lord on his Dark Throne
       In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
       One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
       In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

J.R.R. Tolkien - Fellowship of the Rings

To find the truth, you must first believe the lie.

Agent Scully - The X-Files
Submitted by Craig

If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Sir Isaac Newton

Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.

Spock - Star Trek II

Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.

Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"

Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? And now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.

Daniel 10:20-21

I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them.

John Wayne, "The Shootist"
Submitted by Mknop

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know?

Socrates
Submitted by macyx002

I am myself indifferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, believe none of us.

Hamlet - Act 3, Scene 1

Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the earth.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5: 1-10

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

Remember, if you shoot for the moon and miss, you are still up among the stars.

Unknown

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.

Carl Zwanzig

You sleep safe in your beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do you harm.

George Orwell
Submitted by Augustlion

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