From the iconic to the obscure, this is a blog of advice, observations, and words of wisdom from (or related to) the Star Trek franchise. 
“Humans have that emotional need to express gratitude. ‘You’re welcome,’ I believe, is the correct response.” - Spock
“Humans seem to be naturally optimistic.” - Doctor Phlox
“Those ‘best qualities of humanity’ you talked about aren’t a simple matter of genetics. Love, conscience, compassion. They’re attributes that mankind has developed over centuries. Values that have passed from one generation to the next, taught by parents to their children.” - Kathryn Janeway
“You are, after all, essentially irrational.” - Spock, on humans
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“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9mg2vwThD1qbyhcjo1_500.jpg)
“Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. […] If we cannot learn to actually enjoy those small differences, to take a positive delight in those small differences between our own kind, here on this planet, then we do not deserve to go out into space and meet the diversity that is almost certainly out there.”
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“Maybe we weren’t meant for paradise. Maybe we were meant to fight our way through, struggle, claw our way up, scratch for every inch of the way. Maybe we can’t stroll to the music of the lute. We must march to the sound of drums.” - James T. Kirk
“Not every species has motives that can be understood in human terms.” - T’Pol
“Compassion — That’s the one thing that no machine ever had. Maybe it’s the one thing that keeps men ahead of them.” - Leonard McCoy
Quark: I’d always heard primitive humans lacked intelligence, but I had no idea they were this stupid!
Nog: They weren’t just stupid! They were violent, petty, bigoted, and selfish!
-Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Little Green Men”
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“We’re going to stumble, make mistakes, I’m sure, more than a few before we find our footing. But we’re going to learn from those mistakes. That’s what being human is all about.” - Jonathan Archer
“I’ve found that when it comes to doing what’s best for you, you humanoids have a distressing habit of doing the exact opposite.” - Odo
“We humans are full of unpredictable emotions that logic cannot solve.” - James Kirk
“I know human beings. They’re all sopping over with compassion and forgiveness. They can’t wait to absolve almost any offense.” - Q
