To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance (Oscar Wilde)

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. (Auric Goldfinger, in Goldfinger by Ian L. Fleming)

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it. (George Bernard Shaw)

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as beingself-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)