Linux Wisdom

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing,
the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its
own capacity. ...  Fuss, the god of the Southern Ocean, and Fret, the god
of the Northern Ocean, happened once to meet in the realm of Chaos, the god
of the center.  Chaos treated them very handsomely and they discussed together
what they could do to repay his kindness.  They had noticed that, whereas
everyone else had seven apertures, for sight, hearing, eating, breathing and
so on, Chaos had none.  So they decided to make the experiment of boring holes
in him.  Every day they bored a hole, and on the seventh day, Chaos died.
                -- Chuang Tzu

The farther you go, the less you know.
                -- Lao Tsu, "Tao Te Ching"

The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.
                -- Maurice Chapelain, "Main courante"

The first requisite for immortality is death.
                -- Stanislaw Lem

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
                -- Sophocles

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.
                -- Marcus Terentius Varro

The major sin is the sin of being born.
                -- Samuel Beckett

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice
and tragedy.  What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the
master calls a butterfly.
                -- Messiah's Handbook : Reminders for the Advanced Soul

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and
robbers there will be.
                -- Lao Tsu

The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.