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Comment author: Multiheaded 02 February 2012 08:45:04PM *  2 points [-]

A few from M:TG flavour text.

When nothing remains, everything is equally possible. ~One with Nothing

"Believe in the ideal, not the idol." -Serra ~Worship

"War glides on the simplest updrafts while peace struggles against hurricane winds. It is the way of the world. It must change." ~Commander Eesha

Comment author: JoshuaZ 03 February 2012 05:38:48AM 8 points [-]

"War glides on the simplest updrafts while peace struggles against hurricane winds. It is the way of the world. It must change."

To a large extent it already has. Humans are much more peaceful now than they have been in the past. This is part of a large set of broad trends. See Pinker's excellent "The Better Angels of Our Nature". At this point, I'm not sure this quote is really accurate.

Comment author: Bugmaster 03 February 2012 10:20:33PM *  7 points [-]

I must admit that one of my favorite quotes from M:tG is one of the less rational ones:

Of course you should fight fire with fire. You should fight everything with fire.

-- Sizzle

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 February 2012 08:36:50AM 3 points [-]

Step 1: Find your cousin.
Step 2: Get your cousin in the cannon. Step 3: Find another cousin.

-- Fodder Cannon

The card art of Browse gives this gem, which I think I may have posted before:

"If A=B and B=C and C=D, then do not get a job proofreading." - Quid's Theorem

But the best flavor text ever is still Martyrs' Tomb.

Comment author: Bugmaster 05 February 2012 06:59:17PM 0 points [-]

But the best flavor text ever is still Martyrs' Tomb.

I don't know, I find the Wall of Vapor quote inspirational, as well:

Walls of a castle are made out of stone,
Walls of a house out of bricks or of wood.
My walls are made out of magic alone,
Stronger than any that ever have stood.

Comment author: Daermonn 10 February 2012 05:45:35AM 2 points [-]

From Shattered Perception (Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards.):

"You must shatter the fetters of the past. Only then can you truly act."

I think this one takes the cake, in terms of rationality.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 February 2012 04:01:57AM 2 points [-]

When nothing remains, everything is equally possible.

True in the sense that 0=0.

Comment author: shokwave 04 February 2012 12:49:37PM 2 points [-]

I understood it as advocating a maximum ignorance prior. In hindsight, it's an MT:G card, so probably not.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 February 2012 05:50:22PM 5 points [-]

Also I don't recommend throwing out what you know to have a maximum ignorance prior.

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 February 2012 07:50:04AM 2 points [-]

Incidentally, the card itself is notorious for being among the most useless cards ever printed and routinely shows up on "worst card ever" lists.

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