...the television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little... - Ray Bradbury

Perhaps it's best said - Ubi dubium ibi libertaas: Where there is doubt, there is freedom.

By three methods we may learn wisdom:

First, by reflection which is noblest;

second, by imitation, which is the easiest;

Alone They stretch across this earth-ball: roads without number or name, but all are alike: their goal is the same. You can ride, you can travel with a friend of your own; the final step you must walk alone. No wisdom is better than this, when known: that every hard thing is done alone. Herman Hesse

and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucious (551-479B.C.)

I maintain that, if everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world. - Blaise Pascal

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure. - Albert Camus

Fear is the mother of morality. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Life is made of ever so many partings welded together. - Charles Dickens

Les vrais paradis sont les paradis qu'on a perdus. - Marcel Proust

The course of true love never did run smooth. - William Shakespeare

A little too late, is much too late. - German Proverb

Aim above morality. Be not simply good; Be good for something. - Henry David Thoreau

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. - Albert Camus

Clar-i-ty (n.)     1. clearness of appearence     2. clearness of thought or style; lucidity.

Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.

I quote others only to better express myself. - Michel de Montaigne