"An individual who is bent mainly upon survival is intent usually upon
changing things."

"An individual who is close to being destroyed is bent upon stopping
things."

"An individual who has a free heart and mind about life is bent upon
creating things."

The Fundamentals of Thought
Copyright (c) 1952 by L. Ron Hubbard

Truth

   

   If truth can not stand proud of the noise, be self evident in the face of falseness, perhaps it is not truth but yet further opinion, just YOUR viewpoint, asserting rightness. An easy facsimile, for the yet unconfronted......

Renaissance

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

-Robert A. Heinlein