"Who would not admire man, who is called by Moses and the Gospels 'all flesh' and 'every creature,' because he fashions and transforms himself into any fleshly form and assumes the character of any creature whatsoever? [...] Considering that we are born with this condition, that is, that we can become whatever we choose to become, we need to understand that we must take earnest care about this, so that it will never be said to our disadvantage that we were born to a privileged position but failed to realize it and became animals and senseless beasts."

-Pico Della Mirandola [Oration on the Dignity of Man] 15th Century

I was reading over some of my old Humanities notes and came across that quote. Everyone should learn it, and live by it - the world would be a better place.

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My fourtune cookie (courtesy of panda express the other day):

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity (in bed).

I never took much stock in them anyway - I can see humanity, but your partner would never want you to ooze brevity in bed.