If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb.
Life is like a 1,000 page book. You want to quit halfway through, but then you realise you have a lot left to look forward to.
We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.