In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. (Martin Niemoeller, German Lutheran Pastor)

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play. (Fredrich Nietzsche)

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. (Anaïs Nin)

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. (Anaïs Nin)

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by
short-range failures. (Charles C. Noble)

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to
us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face us with the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. (Henri Nouwen)

There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.
(Ken Olson, Digital Equipment Corp., 1977) :-)