Madness · 11:11pm Nov 17th, 2013
~ Every adventure requires a first step. Trite, but true, even here.
~ The uninformed must improve their deficit or die.
~ Only the foolish believe that suffering is just wages for being different.
~ Only the insane equate pain with success.
~ Only the savage regard the endurance of pain as a measure of worth.
~ What is sought is most often found, if it is truly sought.
~ Only a few find the way; some don't recognize it when they do; some don't ever want to.
~ There's an ugly name for those who do things the hard way.
~ When the remarkable becomes bizarre, reason turns rancid.
~ Observe, learn, and react.
~ Whatever says too much of a good thing must be bad tells a lie.
~ Whoever says too much of a good thing is not enough speaks the truth.
~ Always collect what's useful. Reject only your ignorance, and you may survive.
~ Withering cold incapacitates an enemy more completely than deep wounds, but winter does not last forever.
~ Unlike Death, time moves on. Those who have stood still with time move on also–unless they're dead.
~ Those who say there's nothing like a nice cup of tea for calming the nerves never had real tea. It's like a syringe of adrenaline straight to the heart!
~ What they can't see, they don't want to hear.
~ The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
~ Protective walls may impede you, but the walls most difficult to penetrate are those that surround our hearts.
~ Steps to enlightenment brighten the way; but the steps are steep. Take them one at a time.
~ Unplanted seeds dry out and die.
~ Every picture tells a story. Sometimes we don't like the ending. Sometimes we don't understand it.
~ Annihilate what threatens to destroy you.
~ The regularity of the board disguises the predatory menace of certain pieces.
~ Confidence and rashness are sides of a single coin.
~ Think of it as a Chinese Box or a stubborn lid. A tap in the right spot might do the trick.
~ You know all the right moves; use them.
~ It's rude to eat and run. But sometimes it's unavoidable.
~ As knowing where you're going is preferable to being lost, ask.
~ Look straight ahead. Or askance–whichever way you choose, you must always look in the right direction.
~ "Seek and ye shall find," they say, but they don't say what you'll find.
~ Paths that end in trouble are all the same–they only appear different when you don't know where they lead.
~ Don't get spun, whirled, twisted, gyrated, sloshed or tossed. Avoid false moves.
~ Since you know the rules, best play with Whites–they go first.
~ Confront what frightens or offends you; reckless or insulting talk should never go unchallenged.
~Keep your foot in your mouth, the words you'll say will leave a sourer taste when yelling at friends.