Another batch of my favorite quotes... (Earlier ones are here, here, and here.)
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.” - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
“Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance that he himself has spun..." - Clifford Geertz
“The weak look inward at desires, outward at possibilities of gratification, measure the danger, find the risk to be high, and try to bring things in line by reducing their needs. The unafraid leap into the fray, seize such power as they can, move things around, rearrange the world to fit their needs.” - Allen Wheelis
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. - Storm Jameson