Classic Quotes, Felaryan Context

Like the title says, this thread, unlike the Classic Felarya Quotes one, is a way to look at old wisdom in the context of Felarya. I'll begin:

"Close scrutiny will show that most "crisis situations" are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are."
-Maxwell Maltz

"A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind."
-Guy Finley

"Don't ask questions of fairy tales."
- Jewish Folk

"There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale."
-Ralph Ellison

"Before eating, always take a little time to thank the food."
- Native American proverb, Arapaho

"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity."
-Richard Milhous Nixon

"This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof."
-Neil Gaiman

"The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision--whether to fight or run away. And the most dangerous period is the aftermath. It is then, with all his resources spent and his guard down that an individual must watch out for dulled reactions and faulty judgment."
-Richard Milhous Nixon

"Why wilderness? Because we like the taste of freedom; because we like the smell of danger."
-Edward Abbey, Beyond the Wall

Well I try to do my best on this.

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: “It might have been!”
-John Greenleaf Whittier

The Good end happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.
-Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). The Importance of Being Earnest, 2, 1895

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILL

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Laurence J. Peter

A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe US author & journalist (1931 - )

Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. Sydney Smith English essayist (1771 - 1845)

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Joseph Heller, Catch 22 US novelist (1923 - 1999)

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. Mark Twain

Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. Mark Twain