Quote Originally Posted by Coelho
"What makes us unhappy is to want. Yet if we would learn to cut our wants to nothing, the smallest thing we'd get would be a true gift. To be poor or wanting is only a thought"

This is very similar to Bhuuddist teachings :

By watching people Buddha found out that the causes of suffering are craving and desire, and ignorance. The power of these things to cause all suffering is what Buddhists call The Second Noble Truth.

Quote Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppresser.
Jane Elliot
This reminds me of Da Vinci
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

And just to finish I will add my own slice of personal philosophy :
Insanity is the last refuge of the sane mind.