These are the quotations that struck me today.

When love is gone, there’s always justice.
And when justice is gone, there’s always force.
And when force is gone, there’s always Mom.
Hi, Mom!
–Laurie Anderson

To produce things and to rear them,
To produce, but not to take possession of them,
To act, but not to rely on one’s own ability,
To lead them, but not to master them –
This is called profound and secret virtue.
–Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
–Oscar Wilde

I have an existential map. It has ‘You are here’ written all over it.
–Steven Wright

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
–Plato (427 BC – 347 BC)

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.
–Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)