aphorisms, from Criminal Minds

We are only puppets, our strings are being pulled by unknown forces. (12)

For love is the beauty of the soul

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind (13)

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision. (11)
Helen keller

Almost all absurdity of conduct  arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson

With foxes, we must play the fox.
Dr. Thomas Fuller

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. (12)
George Bernard Shaw

All secrets are deep, all secrets become dark. That is the nature of secrets. (14)
Cory Doctorow

A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ. (12)
John Steinbeck

There’s is no hunting like the hunting of a man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it. Never really care for anything else.
Hemingway

All things truly wicked start from an innocence.p (8)
Ernest Hemingway

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.
George Iles.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. (13)
Dante Alighieri

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth. (17)

The darkness always lies.
Anthony Liccione

The line dividing good and evil comes through the heart of every human being. (14)
David Bowles

When wounds are healed by love, the scars are beautiful.

Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over. (13)
Nicole Sobon

History never repeats itself, but it often rhymes.

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
William Gibson

We all have a monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.

There can be no good without evil.
Russian proverb

If you win say nothing, if you lose say less.

Let your heart feel for the affliction and distress of everyone.
George Washington

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
Lao Tzu

You can gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in witch you really stop to look fear in the face.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Find the place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
Joseph Campbell

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars.
Khalil Gibran

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer

Death ends a life, not a relationship.
Mitch Albom

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.
Helen Keller