Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Terrorists killed a lot fewer people than bathroom falls and accidental electrocutions.
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong-- or absolutely right.
I like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.