Re-told

Here are a bunch of quotes I picked up from here, there and everywhere.. And I thought penning them down to my blog of randomness would be a good idea, so I don't lose them in this maddening maze..
# To be truly happy a man must live absolutely in the present, and with no thought of what's gone before, and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life of meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past, and obsess about the future.
# This world can't be saved by strength, what it really needs is a heart.
# The need to solve life's mysteries when the simpliest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we would be better off not looking at all. Not delving. Not yearning. But that's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here. Yet still we struggle to make a difference. To change the world. To dream of hope. Never knowing for certain who we'll meet along the way. Who, among the world of strangers, will hold our hand. Touch our hearts. And share the pain of trying.
# Dreams are like bubbles....the bigger they get, the more likely they are to burst.
# When confronted by our worst nightmares, the choices are few. Fight, or flight. We hope to find the strength to stand against our fears but sometimes, despite ourselves, we run.
# We are all connected. Joined together by an invisible thread, infinite in its potential and fragile in its design. Yet while connected, we are also merely individuals. Empty vessels to be filled with infinite possibilities. An assortment of thoughts, beliefs. A collection of disjointed memories and experiences. Can I be me without this? Can you be you? And if this invisible thread that holds us together were to sever, to cease, what then? What would become of billions of lone, disconnected souls? Therein lies the great quest of our lives. To find. To connect. To hold on. For when our hearts are pure, and our thoughts in line, we are all truly one. Capable of repairing our fragile world, and creating a universe of infinite possibilities.
# It's one of the great tragedies of life — something always changes.
# It takes almost as much creativity to understand a good idea as to have it in the first place.
# The unexamined life is not worth living. - Socrates
# Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.
# Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Twain
# By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
# There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.- George B. Shaw
# Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.