The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, wont in the end affirm or deny anything. – Thomas Carlyle
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. – W. H. Auden
Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them. – Umberto Eco
