"This man, on one hand, believes he knows something, while knowing nothing. On the other hand, I--equally ignorant--do not believe that I know anything."
~ Socrates.
Don’t, like the cat, try to get more out an experience than there is in it.
The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again.
Nor upon a cold stove lid. - Mark Twain
I couldn't decide between a funny quote or a serious one. So I'll do one of both! :D
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Knowledge is power. Power requires energy. Energy is proportional to mass... These books are fuckin' heavy." -Matt Boyd in 'Three Panel Soul' whilst moving boxes of books.
Equality does not mean an equal amount but equal opportunity. Do not make the mistake of identifying equality in liberty with the forced equality of the convict camp. True anarchist equality implies freedom, not quantity. It does not mean that every one must eat, drink, or wear the same things, do the same work, or live in the same manner. Far from it: the very reverse in fact... Individual needs and tastes differ, as appetites differ. It is equal opportunity to satisfy them that constitutes true equality... Far from levelling, such equality opens the door for the greatest possible variety of activity and development. For human character is diverse.
~ Alexander Berkman.
[edit] Note: I'm not an anarchist by any means, but Berkman was. I don't like him, but most of the quote is good.