“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.”
Injustice
September 8, 2006 By 1 Comment
Power Corrupts, Absolutely
September 8, 2006 By 1 Comment
“If the rule of due measure is neglected, and great power is put into things too small — such as sails on ships, food in bodies, or authority to souls — then there is disaster.
No mortal, when young and irresponsible, will ever be able to stand in the highest ruling position on Earth without his mind being filled with foolishness, earning him the detestation of even his closest friends.
When this happens, it quickly ruins the soul itself and obliterates all of its power.”
- Plato
Composure Under Fire
August 30, 2006 By Leave a Comment
“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment.”
– Albert Einstein
Statistics May Lie…
August 9, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It’s easy to lie with statistics, but easier to lie without them.
Perseverance
August 8, 2006 By Leave a Comment
It’s not a sin to be knocked down. It’s a sin to stay down.
Henry Ford, on Quality
August 5, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
- Henry Ford
Specialization is for Insects
August 5, 2006 By 1 Comment
It’s only fitting that the first quote I share is the one I live by.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly.
Specialization is for insects.
