What Not Every Employer Knows

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and there is an invisible labour.

Victor Hugo

Magnanimity

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

Benjamin Disraeli

The Inescapable

When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always tempted to ask, "Compared to what?"

Sydney Harris

A Cure for Dread ?

When one is frightened of the truth then it is never the whole truth that one has an inkling of.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Reality Check

Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Thomas Sowell

Are You Really Thinking or ... ?

A great many people think they are thinking when they are really re-arranging their prejudices.

William James