Originally published October 28, 2016 You’re afraid of something You can confirm the truth of this quotation by simply thinking about your own life. With probably no exceptions, this will apply to anyone reading these words. So go ahead, think about your own situation. Is there not something you’re afraid of? Maybe a health concern? […]
Originally published April 25, 2016 Thomas Carlyle was a highly influential Scottish philosopher, satirist, historian, and teacher. He’s credited with many excellent quotesand we may visit some of them in the future. But for now, let’s consider the above quotation. Planning is recommended The first thing we should avoid is concluding that this concept is […]
Originally published November 5, 2018 Who was Mark Twain? Mark Twain was a complex man. Struggling between the desire to be wealthy and famous on the one hand, while embracing his simple beginnings on the other. And though he made enormous amounts of money from his writing and speaking, he lost most of it through […]
Originally published January 5, 2018 G.K. Chesterton was an English philosopher, poet, dramatist, journalist, orator, and literary and art critic. He wrote 100 books and more than 4,000 newspaper essays. Some believe he was the most gifted writer of the 20th century. We looked at another G.K. Chesterton quote back in June, 2016. You can […]
Originally published April 24, 2017 Aristophanes was a comic playwright in ancient Greece. Some consider him the father of comedy. It was in one of his plays that the above phrase was spoken. It’s an interesting quotation from a couple of different angles. Let’s take a look. Crabs are crabby We begin with the time-honored […]
Originally published October 24, 2016 Edward (Eddie) Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter ace in World War I. He was America’s most successful fighter pilot in that war. He knew plenty about courage. Courage is so commonly misunderstood that I decided to explore it a bit. The common misconception is that courage is the absence […]
Originally published August 21, 2017 Preliminary thoughts I suppose that in some sense, the history of our nation has been a teetering between two extremes. On the one extreme we have unfair and unjust opposition to personal freedom. On the other extreme we have too much personal freedom. I suppose we’ll always teeter between these […]
