That'll buff out

 "A great man is hard on himself.  A small man is hard on others." - Confucius

annnddd it's gone

 "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Kiss April Goodbye...

 "Strategy without tactics is the slow route to victory.  Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu

Nekkid Turbine

 "We are reduced to asking others what we are.  We never dare ask ourselves." - Jean-Jaques Rousseau

Mobilization

 "Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices." - Voltaire

"I'm not dead yet"

 "The mirror is a worthless invention.  The only way to see yourself is through another's eyes." - Voltaire

Waiting for Springtime

 "If you make a mistake and do not correct it, that is called a mistake." - Confucius

Return of the Measles - A public service announcement

 "All external events are determined by fate, and are thus beyond our control, but we can accept whatever happens calmly and dispassionately.

Individuals, however, are responsible for their own actions which they can examine and control through rigorous self-discipline.

Suffering arises from trying to control what is uncontrollable, or neglecting what is within our power." - Epictetus

The Black Market - It's amazing what you can buy!

 "No man is so foolish as to desire war and not peace.  For in peace, children bring their parents to the graveyard.  In war, parents bring their children to the graveyard." - Herodotus

The Big Easy

 "But this I know: If all mankind were to take their troubles to the marketplace with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own." - Herodotus