Evil
1. “It is perilous to study too deep the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)
2. “No man believes he’s evil.” (Terry Anderson, Den of Lions – Memoirs of Seven Years)
3. “For nothing is evil in the beginning.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)
4. “The treacherous are ever distrustful.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers)
5. “Satan is a name we use
for darkness in the world,
a goat on which we load
our most horrific sins,
to carry off our guilt.”
(Terry Anderson, Den of Lions – Memoirs of Seven Years)
Excellence
6. “You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event – it is a habit.” (Aristotle)
7. “… there are some festivals and games in which everything goes right, and every element lifts up, animates, and exalts every other, just as there are theatrical and musical performances which without any clearly discernible cause seem to ascend miraculously to glorious climaxes and intensely felt experiences, whereas others, just as well prepared, remain no more than decent tries.” (Hermann Hesse, Magister Ludi – The Glass Bead Game)
Experience
8. “Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on earth the more experience you are sure to get.” (L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz)
9. “… the burned hand teaches best.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers)
10. “So live and learn… You can always learn something from crumbs.” (John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces)
