Fiat Lux

So, Sour Duck tagged me with the following meme:

Go here and look through random quotes until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe.

It's a huge list, especially if you add in some of the auxiliary collections available in the random generator. I found 5 quotes, but for all I know there might be others that are even better; I didn't have time to page through them all.

So, here we go. Here are five random quotes that resonate with me:

Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'
Kahlil Gibran

To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Benjamin Disraeli

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

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.
Proverbs 12:15

There's a right way and a wrong way to do things. If you make a chair, you want to make a nice chair. You want people to admire it. I think doing something well is a form of respect for humanity in general. I have found that all incompetence comes from not paying attention, which comes from people doing something that they don't want to do. And doing what you don't want to do means either you have no choice, or you don't think that the moments of your life are worth fighting for.
Hal Hartley

I would tag the Flabbergasted Time Lord, but he is on vacation right now. So I'll tag Seamus instead.