Society which scorns excellence in plumbing because it’s a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy.
Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.
~ John W. Gardner,
Society which scorns excellence in plumbing because it’s a humble activity, and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity, will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. ~ John W. Gardner,
It seems we live in a confused economy where price has little relation to value and growth doesn’t necessarily translate into increased welfare or happiness.
Paul Behrens • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: Futures from the Frontiers of Climate Science
Statesmen and legislators, standing so completely within the institution, never distinctly and nakedly behold it. They speak of moving society, but have no resting-place without it. They may be men of a certain experience and discrimination, and have no doubt invented ingenious and even useful systems, for which we sincerely thank them; but all the
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No one hates truth who loves beauty.
Dee Hock • Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition Volume 2
Philosophy is nowadays discredited, but yet it was always the chiefest concern of the wise.
Baltasar Gracian • The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Unabridged Start Publishing LLC)
“Reading can teach you the best of what others already know.
Reflection can teach you the best of what only you can know.”
Reflection can teach you the best of what only you can know.”