George Orwell was always prescient. I have a happy outlook on life and I don't have much to complain about. If it was up to me, I'd always leave things the way they were - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's my philosophy of life.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Weaver's “Ideas have consequences”, has always been a personal favorite of mine. It goes hand in hand with “As a man thinks, so is he”.