You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a mans actions are, such must be his spirit. – Demosthenes
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Diaspora starts about a thousand years from now. Most of human civilisation has moved inside computers essentially, a major branch of our descendants consists of conscious software. – Greg Egan
In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. There is no other way. And in order to treat some persons equally, we must treat them differently. – Harry A. Blackmun
A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldnt do if it didnt have rabies. But that doesnt change the fact that it has rabies. – John Malkovich
