EDIT: After reading your replies, it occurred to me that too much of my everyday speech is made up of lines from the show. Maybe that’s why everyone thinks I’m weird.

The rest of aren’t normal, and that’s what makes us great! … So, Leela, don’t want to be like us? Or do you want to be like Adlai, with no severe mental or social problems whatsoever?

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects.

The lesser are loved and praised.

The even lesser are feared.

The least are despised.

Those who show no trust will not be trusted.

Those who are quiet value the words.

When their task is completed, people will say:

We did it ourselves.

--Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17

[–] jared@mander.xyz 5 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow, thanks I've got some reading to do.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

That book changed my life.