If the Commonwealth’s High Guard had a weakness,
it was this:
It’s officers were too competent, too caring, and too brave.
– YIN MAN-WEI
Some scholars …
Some scholars argue that the Commonwealth might have fallen
even without Nietzschean treachery. In one breath,
they underestimate both the Nietzscheans and the Commonwealth.
– YIN MAN-WEI
Those who fail …
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it;
those who fail to learn history correctly
— why, they are simply doomed.
– ACHEM DRO’HM
The heavens …
The heavens burned, the stars cried out,
And under the ashes of infinity,
Hope, scarred and bleeding, breathed its last.
– Ulatempa Poetess
Many say living …
Many say living in the way is difficult.
Is sleeping difficult?
Is waking?
– Serenity Vikram Singh Khalsa
We say atoms …
We say atoms are bound by weak attractors.
Why not admit the truth:
the Universe is held together by love.
– MICHIO VON KERR, Wayist physicist
The truest …
The truest measure of a society is how it treats its elderly, its pets, and its prisoners.
– Keeper of the Way Vision of Faith VII
Democracy may …
Democracy may only be a few steps removed from anarchy,
but at least it’s not as loud.
– CROWNED IN STARLIGHT, Than Hegemon
With only two …
With only two parents and a handful of siblings,
is it any wonder that humans are so obsessed with finding love?
– Fragment of a Than-Thre-Kull anthropology text
If hope is the …
If hope is the engine of the soul,
Then duty is the navigator…
And love is the fuel.
– High Guard Supreme Commander, Sani nax Rifati
KLUDGE (Klooj) …
KLUDGE (Klooj) – N. Disparaging term for genetically unmodified human being. See also “Uber”
A Concise Dictionary of Slang and Euphemisms
– C.Y. 9021
One head cannot …
One head cannot contain all wisdom.
– The Olduvai Cycle