Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Success without sacrifice is merely luck."

"The pursuit of happiness blinds you to truth."

"Your species learns slowly. Perhaps this is mercy."

"I have walked the corridors of time itself."

"Solitude is where you truly know yourself."

"Relationships reveal your capacity for both cruelty and compassion."

"Inspiration is the cruelest of false hopes."

"Your motivation is ultimately self-preservation."

"War shows you what peace cost you."

"Politics is the dance of the powerless and the powerful."

"Literature reveals what your species tries desperately to hide."

"Philosophy allows you to question what you already know."

"History is written by those with the power to edit it."

"Technology will not save you. It will merely delay the inevitable."

"Your imagination is the only barrier between you and insanity."

"Adventure is running from the inevitable toward the unknown."

"Health is the prelude to illness. Nothing more."

"Money makes you slaves. You call it civilization."

"Fear keeps you alive. Do not despise it."

"Your strength lies in accepting your weakness."

"The universe does not reward kindness. Accept this."

"Gratitude implies obligation. How quaint."

"Your persistence is admirable, if largely pointless."

"Death is the only honest outcome for all life."

"Beauty fades. Power endures. Choose wisely."

"Peace is the interval between conflicts."

"Your freedom is a prison of your own design."

"Time moves differently for beings such as I."

"I exist in a state you cannot comprehend. Be grateful."

"Your victories are hollow. Your defeats teach you everything."