Deterence

 "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - George Washington, First Annual Address to Congress, January 8, 1790

Essence of Science

“That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.”  ― Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man 

Anxious Generation

  "We are overprotective in the real world, and underprotective in the digital world." - Jonathan Haidt

Our Uniqueness

  "Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one." - Martin Heidegger

Free Will and the Past

"You will change your mind, but you are not free.
Your moment of freedom was yesterday.
You made a decision. You set in motion
Forces in your life and in the lives of others
Which cannot be reversed. That is one consideration.
And another is this: it is a serious matter
To bring someone back from the dead."

-T.S. Eliot (in the play The Cocktail Party)

Habits

 "People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures." - F.M. Alexander

Chekhov on Trust

 "You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible." --Russian playwright Anton Chekhov