And the ones who deserve to die keep on living. - Expendables II

Watching Expendables II with the boys tonight. Okay, so I'm actually just sitting in the livingroom catching parts here and there. Heard a line that caught my attention so I jumped online to check it out.


In the most profound moment of the movie, Barney ponders the justice of God or cosmic karma or something when he buries one of his compatriots—a guy known as Billy the Kid. He wanted to live, Barney says, and yet he's dead. "And the ones who deserve to die keep on living. What's the message in that?"

Faults of Humankind

Remember that the faults of humankind are pretty evenly distributed among all of us. Why can we so easily overlook in ourselves the faults we are quick to spot in others? It is easy to be objective when it comes to criticizing our friends, family members, and business associates, but it is far more difficult to be honest about our own shortcomings. Only when we recognize that we are all human, with the same faults and failings, do we begin to develop that wonderful quality of tolerance that enables us to accept others as they are and ask nothing in return. Replacing faultfinding with “goodfinding” is never easy. But when you become one who always compliments instead of criticizes, you become the kind of friend we would all like to have. Permanent link to this post: Remember that the faults of humankind are pretty evenly distributed among all of us.