An xbird's view of the world

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,
and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
- Brian Tracy

With great power comes great responsibility.
- Uncle Ben in Spider Man (film)

Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.
- Anton Ego in Ratatouille (film)

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
- Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength To Love, 1963

First they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.
- Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller