RP

We judge too quickly. We assume intent where none is proven. We pronounce verdicts with incomplete evidence. Imagine if we gave people around us the same grace the umpire gives a batter, edged in uncertainty. A friend who hasn’t replied in days. A co-worker who snapped in a meeting. A stranger who cut the queue. The boss who shouted at you. Or you... See more

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,